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With a magical story about art, love, and greed, Rumer Godden returns to India, the country that has inspired many of her greatest works. Set in London and on south India's shimmering Coromandel coast, the story is based on a real case that happened ten years ago concerning the ownership of a priceless bronze statue. An entrancing modern-day morality tale, Cromartie v. the God Shiva Acting Through the Government of India is also at heart a touching love story.
The story opens with the discovery that a revered eleventh-century statue of the Hindu god Shiva has gone missing from the old-fashioned Patna Hall hotel. It ends up in the hands of a Canadian art dealer, Mr. Cromartie, who takes it to London to be appraised by one of the world's chief specialists in Oriental antiques, only to find it impounded by the British police. Insisting the statue was not stolen, Mr. Cromartie takes the case to court and a legal battle ensues.
Michael Dean, a leading young lawyer, is sent from London to assume the case for the defense: the Indian government. There, he is instantly captivated by Artemis, an enchanting and graceful archaeologist staying at the hotel, who proves to be as elusive as the mystery of the theft he is investigating.
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Cromartie vs. the God Shiva: A Novel
2016, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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1504042069 9781504042062
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Cromartie vs the God Shiva: A Virago Modern Classic
2013, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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1844088588 9781844088584
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Cromartie vs the God Shiva
2013, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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1405513586 9781405513586
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Cromartie Vs.the God Shiva
May 22, 1998, Pan Books
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0330353837 9780330353830
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Cromartie v. the god Shiva: acting through the government of India
1998, Thorndike Press
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0786213477 9780786213474
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Cromartie V the God Shiva Acting Through the Government of India: A Novel
1998, HarperCollins Publishers
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0688163432 9780688163433
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Cromartie v. the god Shiva acting through the government of India
1997, Morrow
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0688155502 9780688155506
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Cromartie v. the god Shiva acting through the government of India
1997, Macmillan
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0333715489 9780333715482
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A young English lawyer travels to India to assist with the case of a priceless statue of Shiva that has been stolen.
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