In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Condition:Well Read He was told—like his entire

He was told—like his entire generation—that his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain

From medieval nastiness

inventor of the Chest-of-Drawers Oracle

meaningful existence

But is the price of the throne too high

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Condition:Well Read He was told—like his entireMoving from the elegant drawing rooms of Lahore to the mud villages of rural Multan, a powerful collection of short stories about feudal Pakistan. An impoverished young woman becomes a wealthy relatives mistress; an electrician on the make confronts his desperate assailant to protect his most prized possession; a farm manager rises far in the worldbut his family discovers after his death the transience of power; a maid who advances herself through