TY - BOOK AU - Stocks, Mike TI - White Man Falling SN - 9788172237448 (PB) PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi PB - Harper Collins KW - South India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction N2 - This winner of the Goss First Novel Award 2006 is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded matchmaking, and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserve?and his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. ER -