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"But now that he's Nikhil it's easier to ignore his parents, to tune out
their concerns and pleas. . . . It is as Nikhil, that first semester, that
he grows a goatee, starts smoking Camel Lights at parties and . . .
discovers Brian Eno and Elvis Costello and Charlie Parker. . . . It is as
Nikhil that he loses his virginity at a party at Ezra Stiles, with a girl
wearing a plaid woolen skirt and combat boots and mustard
tights."--"namesake" jhampa lahiri