Cromartie v. the god Shiva : acting through the government of India

Godden, Rumer, 1907-19982013

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Set in the Patna Hall Hotel, on India's Coromandel coast, this novel is based on a real-life story, in which the god Shiva became the plaintiff in a dispute over the owner of a statue, and won. A revered effigy of the god Shiva is missing from the Patna Hall Hotel on south India's exquisite Coromandel coast. Was it stolen, and to whom does it belong? Young lawyer Michael Dean, sent from London to argue the case for the defence, falls under the spell of Artemis, a graceful archaeologist who is staying at the hotel; but she proves as elusive as the mystery of the theft he is working on. Rumer Godden's classic novel is a magical, evocative exploration of art, love, class and greed in her beloved India.