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    Myself Lost

    by Larry Bone

    He knows just enough to be dangerous. An out-of-place foreigner in India, will this aging postal clerk endure to find friendship and enlightenment?

    New Jersey. Red Benjamin took a wrong turn and missed the American Dream. Stuck in a dead-end job, constantly butting heads with his father, and tired of being admonished by his doctor brother, the sixty-two-year-old longs for escape.

    But after years of exploring the Taj Mahal Country from his couch, the Bollywood fanatic finally stops postponing and flies to New Delhi on a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

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    He knows just enough to be dangerous. An out-of-place foreigner in India, will this aging postal clerk endure to find friendship and enlightenment?

    New Jersey. Red Benjamin took a wrong turn and missed the American Dream. Stuck in a dead-end job, constantly butting heads with his father, and tired of being admonished by his doctor brother, the sixty-two-year-old longs for escape.

    But after years of exploring the Taj Mahal Country from his couch, the Bollywood fanatic finally stops postponing and flies to New Delhi on a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

    Landing at the airport with barely more than the clothes on his back, the pale solo traveler gets off to a rough start when an argument at customs reveals his unusual depth of knowledge. And his cockiness turns to horror after he’s detained as a suspected terrorist and thrown in a communal cell with a gang.

    Can Red survive a vacation gone off the rails and a journey well outside the pages of a travel guide?

    Myself Lost is a big-hearted contemporary fiction novel. If you like protagonists with a penchant for trouble, diving into rich cultures, and a heaping side of humor, then you’ll love Larry Bone’s wild adventure.

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Once in Delhi, I switch to a train bound for Shimla. But I don’t feel safe when I get to Shimla, so I need to keep moving. I walk northeast from Shimla but am too timid to hitch a ride. Until I see your truck.
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And a special nose; careful and alert to smell almost anything no matter how faint or ephemeral, like words and feelings . . . generous enough of mind and spirit to bear anything and everything one might have to endure.
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His taxi, an old model likely built in India in 1957, has an ancient British 75 hp, manual four-cylinder transmission with a top speed of 93 mph. However, given its age and wear, it probably can’t go any faster than 41 mph.
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Was it really the Prime Minister? What if it was just a prank call, a murga (chicken) gag recorded for the radio? The Prime Minister sounded so pleasant, so courteous, nothing like the insults you’d expect from a prank. He was as nice as everyone says he is.
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What would the coroner do? Load Lal into a black plastic bag and dump him where all the other old dead poor people get dumped? Even if his brother sent burial money, it would never reach whoever it needed to go to.
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“I think the very best compliment I can make is that I finished this brilliant novel in only two sittings. I loved it and didn't want it to end. Richly described and thoroughly entertaining. An excellent read, and I'd love to read more from the author!”

S. LEROY
Review for MYSELF LOST

“This novel was amazing - I was not bored for a second. It came together so well and grasped so many aspects of India and Indian culture, which was interesting to learn about. There were so much action and fun twists along the way! Would definitely recommend!”

DUA
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Larry Bone

Larry Bone is an India focused novel, columnist and feature article writer. His first novel is “Myself Lost.” So far, he has written 42 articles for his Substack blog, “India Street.” His articles feature an American’s reflections on India’s culture, history, mythology, Hindi cinema films, the Indian diaspora and similarities and differences between the cultures of India and America.

His sudden realization that India was all he cared to write about occurred near the end of a Bollywood film appropriately titled, “Salaam Namaste,” or “Welcome” (in this case) to India. He accepted the invitation and searched for everything he could find about India for the next 13 years. His writing process is the “pantser” method, (by the seat of the pants) wherein the author has no idea what he is going to write until the moment just before he begins.

Mr. Bone lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is currently working on the second novel of an India quadrillage set mostly in Haryana State, India except for the last novel which occurs in a harbor next to an Indian Naval base near Chennai. His protagonists are outsiders experiencing distress, who are seeking redemption.

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