Nine Hours to Rama Author:Stanley Wolpert Nine Hours - He was a stranger to Delhi - to its swarming alleys and dusty streets, its painted prostitutes, its bitter gin and dingy bars. He had a rendezvous with destiny and there were only nine hours left. Time for a last meeting with his beautiful, silken mistress, time for remembering a bitter past, time to ponder an inescapable future. Ni... more »ne hours of strangulating terror, of running and hiding - nine hours to kill...« less