The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt

Author:David Leavitt
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2009-07-15T16:00:00+00:00

"What is this, a nickname?"

"It is what they call me."

Dear Jam. So far as Hardy can surmise, Ramanujan doesn't even like jam. At least he's refused it every time Hardy's offered it. True, in the words there's a faint echo of his name. Even a partial anagram. ARJAM is in RAMANUJAN. So is that where the name comes from? And does having heard it give Hardy the right to use it?

"Dear Jam." He tries it out when he gets back to his rooms. "Dear Jam." He can barely get his mouth around the words.

"Why fret?" Gaye asks. "Indians are always giving each other silly nicknames. Pookie and Bonky and Oinky and Binky. It's a boarding-school affectation."

Hardy turns. Gaye is kneeling by the fireplace, stroking Hermione.

"How did you become such an expert?"

"I listen."

"And what do you hear?"

"That you're jealous. Admit the truth."

"I'm not jealous!"

"Then you're envious. You want his friends. Especially that cricketer . . . And I can't blame you for that."

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