Moor's Last Sigh

What do we do when the worlds walls its family structures its valuesystems it political forms crumble? The central character of this novelMoor Zogoiby only so... » 

What do we do when the worlds walls its family structures its valuesystems it political forms crumble? The central character of this novelMoor Zogoiby only son of a wealthy artisticbohemian Bombay family findshimself in such a moment of crisis. His mother a famous painter and anemotional despot worships beauty but Moor is ugly he has a deformed hand.Moor falls in love with a married woman when their secret is revealed bothare expelled a suicide pact is proposed but only the woman dies. Moor choosesto accept his fate plunges into a life of depravity in Bombay then becomesembroiled in a major financial scandal. The novel ends in Spain in the studioof a painter who was a lover of Moors mother in a violent climax Moor hasone more to decide whether to save the life of his lover by sacrificing hisown. «