"The police ...wanted to have fun with the girls " says one of the interviewees in this earthy, talky, colloquial description of the texture of South Indian life in Mangalore, one that is rich in characters--a book of fiction and nonfiction unlike anything else written about the town of Mangalore (unless it is the author's other book, the widely published novel "The Revised Kama Sutra.") Despite its satirical and unsparing examination of the town...