Book description
H. H. is the spoilt, selfish, beautiful widow of the Maharajah of
Mastipur. She lives with her dogs and her caretaker, Hans, in an
enormous old house in Mussorie, taking lovers and discarding them,
drinking too much, and fending off her reckless sons who are waiting
hungrily for their inheritance. The seasons come and go, hotels burns
down, cinemas shut shop, and people leave the hill station never to
return. But H. H. remains constant and indomitable. Observing her
antics, often with disapproval, is her old friend Ruskin, who can never
quite cut himself off from her. Melancholic, wry and full of charm,
Maharani is a delightful novella about love, death and friendship.
