Inheritance

With his mother's business in shambles, and an untraceable accountant who has disappeared with their life savings, the piece of land willed to Ash by his estranged paternal grandfather is an unexpected but welcomed boon. Or so he thought. Delhi la nothing that Ash, a South African Indian "born free" from an upper middle class, could have been prepared for. While he may look the part, he is very much an out- alder in the crowd. The plan was simple. Keep his head down, get the paperwork down, sell the land, and get out with a bursting bank account. But it turned out that India had other for Aah. Between bribing a government official, getting lost In the middle of the night in a strange city, finding connections with people in the most unlikely places, riding his first motorcycle, and falling in love, Ash's journey evolves into one of self-discovery and enlightenment. Based in a dichotomy of an- clest existing side-by-side with modern, and able to view all that is taken for granted by its inhabitants with fresh eyes, Aah ftods that there truly is good in the bad, and vice versa. Inheritance is a coming-of-age novel based on the search for belonging, and finding one's place no matter how familiar or foreign it may be.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adheesh Budree to a fiction writer who holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. Adheesh is a proud fourth generation South African of Indian descent who grew up in Durban before relocating to first Cape Town, then Dubat, Johannesburg and itnally back to Cape Town. Adheesh, who has always been draws to the sub-conll- ment, splits his time between lecturing at UCT in Cape Town and riding motory cles in India. Inheritance explores the ever-evolving relationship between India and the Indian diaspora that now calls Africa home. Inheritance is Adhesh's first book.

Binding- Paperback

Page count- 204

Condition- New