title: City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
author:  William Dalrymple 
description: Delhi has a richly layered past, and Dalrymple (In Xanadu, McKay, 1990) deftly peels away each layer to reveal how the city came to be what it is today. Djinns are spirits said to be seen only after prolonged fasting and prayer; they too are integral to understanding the city. The author, a young Scot carrying on the fine British tradition of travel writing, has a knack for meeting fascinating people and capturing their most revealing remarks. He introduces us to dervishes, eunuchs, partridge fighting, weddings, and expatriates. His wife contributes sketches that nicely complement his text. Considering the importance of Delhi, the capital of the world's second most populous nation, this book deserves to be in most public and academic libraries.<BR><I>Harold M. Otness, Southern Oregon State Coll. Lib., Ashland</I><BR>Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ____PENGUIN BOOKS CITY OF DJINNS__ __
  
  ____Title Page__ __
  
  ____Copyright Page__ __
  
  ____Acknowledgements__ __
  
    
  
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  ____Glossary__ __
  
  ____Select Bibliography__ __
  
  ____Index__ __
  
  PENGUIN BOOKS CITY OF DJINNS
  
  William Dalrymple is the author of several highly acclaimed books including
  _In Xanadu, The Age of Kali, Sacred India, and From the Holy Mountain._ His
  latest is Viking’s The _White Moguls._ He divides his time among London,
  Delhi, and Edinburgh.
  
  Praise for _City of Djinns ._
  
  “At a time when the book of travels is beginning to lose its fashionable
  allure, _City of Djinns_ is not really a travel book at all. It is a kind of
  memoir recording the response of a single, gentle, merry and learned mind to
  the presence of an ancient city ... Dalrymple is anything but a voyeur. Even
  his excursions into the world of the eunuchs are conducted with a kind of
  grave innocence. He is more a