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The love story of a Delhi couple is the theme of the new Jeffrey Archer book A Delhi couple falling in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in the Capital will figure in one of the several stories of a new book by celebrated British writer Jeffrey Archer, which is having a special India launch.
The story in question is about Jamwal and Nisha who fall in love while waiting at a traffic signal. Thus begins one of the 15 stories Jeffrey has gathered from around the globe during the past five years in his sixth collection of enthralling short stories named And Thereby Hangs a Tale. Landmark COO Himanshu Chakrawarti said the book would have a special India launch in India. "The global launch will be after the India release. And it is great to have Jeffrey for the occasion," Chakrawarti said. His personal assistant Alison Prince said, "Some of the stories will make you laugh. Others will bring you to tears. And once again, every one of them will keep you spellbound." And Thereby Hangs a Tale, published by Macmillan, is slated for a May 21 global release.
A former Tory MP, he says the Indian story can be the perfect recipe for a Bollywood film. "In this collection of short stories (And Thereby Hangs a Tale) there is one set in Delhi, the story of Nisha and Jamwal, which I think is going to cause considerable interest on the subcontinent, not least because the true story is an obvious candidate for a Bollywood film," he writes on his blog. According to publishers Macmillan, millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey's short stories. "Taking inspiration
from his favourite short story writers — F Scott Fitzgerald,
Maupassant, H. H. Munro, W. Somerset Maugham and O Henry — Jeffrey
has written five bestselling collections over the years and Macmillan
are proud to announce the publication of a sixth volume of stories in
May, 2010," says the publishers. — PTI
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Jeffrey is the author of
bestsellers like Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Kane and Abel,
As the Crow Flies and First Among Equals.