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Man on Fire by Kelman, Stephen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Man on Fire about?

I was beating the life out of Bibhuti with a baseball bat when my first monsoon broke ... John Lock has come to India to meet his destiny: a destiny dressed in a white karate suit and sporting an impressive moustache. He has fled the quiet desperation of his life in England: decades wasted in a meaningless job, a marriage foundering in the wake of loss and a terrible secret he cannot bear to share with his wife. He has come to offer his help to a man who has learned to conquer pain, a world record breaker who specialises in feats of extreme endurance and ill-advised masochism. Bibhuti Nayak's next record attempt - to have fifty baseball bats broken over his body - will set the seal on a career that has seen him rise from poverty to become a minor celebrity in a nation where standing out from the crowd requires tenacity, courage and perhaps a touch of madness. In answering Bibhuti's call for assistance, John hopes to rewrite a brave end to a life poorly lived. But as they take their leap of faith together, and John is welcomed into Bibhuti's family, and into the colour and chaos of Mumbai - where he encounters ping-pong-playing monks, a fearless seven-year-old martial arts warrior a

Who reads Man on Fire?

Author

Kelman, Stephen

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408818251

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.21 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13