AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL FOR 2023
''A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller'' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers
''Devastating and intimate, and political and radical all at the same time. Bhattacharya''sstorytelling talents are limitless'' Nikesh Shukla
''Exceptional ... you have complete faith that Bhattacharya will take you to all the right places. Heartbreaking and yet so full of hope'' Melody Razak, author of Moth
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India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that will alter the course of his life: one to which his family turn a blind eye.
As he approaches adulthood, Shabby focuses on the only path he believes will buy him an escape - good school, good degree, good job, good car. But
