Book description
Recently separated from his nagging, ill-tempered wife of thirteen
years, millionaire businessman Mohan Kumar decides to reinvent his life.
Convinced that 'lust is the true foundation of love', he embarks on an
audacious plan: he will advertise for paid lady companions to share his
bed and his life. Thus begins his journey of easy, unbridled sexuality
in the company of some remarkable women. There is Sarojini Bharadwai,
the demure professor from small-town Haryana who surprises Mohan with
her ardour and sexual energy; Molly Gomes, the free-spirited masseuse
from Goa, mistress of the sensual impulse; and Susanthika Goonatilleke,
the diminutive seductress from Sri Lanka. After each affair ends and
before the next begins, Mohan finds solace in the practiced charms of
his obliging maid, Dhanno, and in the memories of his first lovers: the
American Jessica Browne, to whom he lost his virginity, and the
Pakistani Yasmeen Wanchoo, who brought him the heady passion of an older
woman. In The Company of Women, Khushwant Singh, India's most widely
read author, has produced an uninhibited, erotic and endlessly
entertaining celebration of love, sex and passion.
