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This book tells how Alexander Frater was able to realize his dream of witnessing firsthand the most dramatic of meteorological events, the Indian monsoon. He had spent the first six years of his life on a South Pacific island where rain seemed to have “metallic weight and mass” and hurricanes gave seasonal “bravura climactic performances.” His father, the only doctor within a thousand square miles, passed on to him a fascination and respect for the volatile play of the elements. He brings this heritage to his observations of the monsoon, following it from its “burst” on the beaches of Trivandrum, through Delhi and Calcutta, across Bangladesh, to its finale in the town of Cherrapunji, dubbed by The Guinness Book of World Records as “The Wettest Place on Earth.” With exceptional sensitivity and wit, Frater uses fact, impression, and anecdote to vividly describe his own experience of the monsoon and at the same time illustrate the towering influence of nature over the lives and culture of India and her people.
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