From The Backcover Of  'Delhi - A Novel' By Khushwant Singh'

'I RETURN TO DELHI AS I RETURN TO MY MISTRESS BHAGMATI WHEN I HAVE HAD MY FILL OF WHORING IN FOREIGN LANDS ...' 

Thus begins Khushwant Singh's vast, erotic, irreverent magnum opus on the city of Delhi. The principal narrator of the saga, which extends over six hundred years, is a bawdy, ageing reprobate who loves Delhi as much as he does the hijda whore Bhagmati--half man, half woman with the sexual inventiveness and energy of both the sexes. Travelling through time, space and history to 'discover' his beloved city, the narrator meets a myriad of people-poets and princes, saints and sultans, temptresses and traitors, emperors and eunuchs--who have participated in (and been witness to) the major historical forces that have shaped and endowed Delhi with its very special mystique ... And as we accompany the narrator on his epic journey we find the city of emperors transformed and immortalized in our minds for ever. 

About The Author 'Khushwant Singh' Of 'Delhi - A Novel'

Khushwant Singh is India's best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel, The Sunset Club, written when he was 95, was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 2002.