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The Gin Drinkers
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ISBN13: 9789351367970
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Oct 15 2014
Pages: 376
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
New Delhi's liquid colonialism is on its way out. The old social order is crumbling.
Those born into English-speaking privilege - Uma, the England-returned graduate; Madhavi, the academic, and journalist Dhruv; Shantanu, the civil servant, and his wife Anasuya; Deekay, the middle-class revolutionary; Pamela Sen, the dedicated teacher; Ikram Gilchrist, the famous author - are slowly but surely yielding ground to the subaltern. In the roil and rustle of this change, a mysterious gang of thieves is stealing old and rare books from the houses of the well-heeled.
Who are these people? Where are they taking these books?
And who is the mysterious Jai Prakash? What is his secret?
The Gin Drinkers is a tragicomedy of manners and a true mirror to the class and caste conflicts that define modern India.
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