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100			_aAhlawat, Ashok _98522
245			_aBlack horse down and other stories
260			_aChandigarh _bBrowser _c2024
300			_a162 p.
520			_aContinuing in the spirit of his rst volume of military tales, e Crossover Girl & Other Stories, military man Ashok Ahlawat gathers some even more remarkable stories in his second collection. Featuring cavalry tales like Match Fixing and the titular Black Horse Down, anecdotes drawn from India’s most revered Field Marshal’s life, tales of daredevilry powered by ‘Old Monk’, poignant heroism on the battleeld (Give Me Your Black Scarf and Till My Eyes Can See), to the hilarious I ink I Am Having a Heart Attack, the author proves to be a raconteur par excellence. Turning these pages, don’t be surprised to nd yourself transported to a leisurely evening in an Army Mess, listening to him, drink in hand, as he regales you with story after story till the evening has long been subsumed into the night. With an authenticity that springs from having ‘been there, done that’ meshed with an eye that misses nothing and words that spare no humbug, Ahlawat’s book brings alive the true and humane military spirit in your hearts and minds.
650			_aEnglish Fiction _98523
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