Who among the following is the author of the famous novel, City of Joy?
- A.Larry Collins
- B.Dominique Lapierre
- C.Rudyard Kipling
- D.Mark Tully
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The correct answer is B, Dominique Lapierre. The French writer Dominique Lapierre wrote The City of Joy, published in 1985. The book is set in a crowded slum of Calcutta (now Kolkata), which its residents call Anand Nagar, the City of Joy, and follows the struggles of a rickshaw puller, Hasari Pal, along with a foreign priest and a doctor who live among the poor. It was made into a Hollywood film in 1992, and Lapierre gave much of his earnings to charities in Bengal. Option A is wrong because Larry Collins was Lapierre's co-author on Freedom at Midnight and Is Paris Burning?, not City of Joy. Option C is wrong because Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and Kim. Option D is wrong because Mark Tully, the BBC's long-time India correspondent, wrote No Full Stops in India. Exam tip: Lapierre alone, City of Joy; Collins and Lapierre together, Freedom at Midnight.
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