Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer is a 2012 fictional drama novel written by author and playwright Cyrus Mistry. Set in the pre-Independence era of India, the book is about the Parsi community of corpse bearers who carry the dead bodies for burial in Bombay. The idea for the novel came to Mistry in 1991, when he was researching the subject for a film producer, who wanted to make a documentary on it by Channel 4. The film could not be made so Mistry decided to write it as a novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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