After what seemed like a fortnight of wet weather Hyderabad had some beautiful weather since the past one week. The sun shone brightly last Sunday in Hyderabad brightening up the day and also my mood. Add to it my son agreed to come along with me to Abids. It meant I could get to Abids on a two wheeler earlier than my usual time. So off we went after breakfast and reached Abids only to find some sellers were not at their usual places because some of the shops were opened for the wedding/festival crowd.
I bought only one book and that was a nice copy of ‘The Big Sleep’ by Raymond Chandler that was a Black Lizard Vintage Crime edition. I already have two copies of this title but did not want to miss this beautiful copy so I bought it for just eighty rupees.
Afterwards we had chai and chota samosa in the Star of India café and sat for a while talking. He hadn’t found anything interesting and I did not want to suggest anything to him because I wanted him to choose his own titles that he wanted to read.
I had seen a beautiful copy of ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ by Thomas Pynchon with the seller right beside Star of India, and later I spotted a nice copy of ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’ by Carson McCullers that I did not buy. I thought maybe I wouldn’t be able to find the time to read Pynchon’s book though I have a copy of ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’ that I have already read. If I find them next Sunday I will pick them up because the copy of ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’ is too beautiful to miss because of its wonderful cover.
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