b' About the Book: A Free Man\n\nWinner of the 2012 Economist Crossword Award for non-fiction and shortlisted for\nShakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012.\n\nMohammed Ashraf has studied biology in college, and after college has learnt how\nto repair television sets, cut suit lengths, and slice chicken. He has lived in\nMumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Surat, and Patna, but this evening he is stoned on\na street in Sadar Bazaar, in North Delhi. The morning shall bring hangovers,\nwhiskey breakfasts, and possibly answers to the lingering questions that haunt\nAshraf. How did he get here? Why is he the way he is? and is there a way back\nhome?\n\nIn '