Latif's life changes when he is appointed bellboy at the Paradise
Lodge - a hotel where people come to die. After his father's death,
drowned in the waters surrounding their small Island, it is 17
year-old Latif's turn to become the man of the house and provide
for his ailing mother and sisters. Despite discovering a dead body
on his first day of duty, Latif finds entertainment spying on
guests and regaling the hotel's janitor, Stella, with made-up
stories. However, when Latif finds the corpse of a small-time actor
in Room 555 and becomes a mute-witness to a crime that happens
there, the course of Latif's life is irretrievably altered. The
Bellboy is as much a commentary on how society treats and
victimizes the intellectually vulnerable as it is about the quiet
resentment brewing against religious minorities in India today.
With a mix of wry humour and heart-wrenching poignancy, the book
narrates a young boy's coming-of-age on a small island, and his
innocence that persists even in the face of adversity and
inevitable tragedy.
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