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India's struggle to reconcile its past with its present is paralleled by the trials of Deven, a teacher smitten with poetry, as he comes to terms with reality
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“A remarkable piece of work... A magnificent novel.” – Salman Rushdie, Observer
“A major attempt to tackle serious themes... extraordinarily rich in incident and detail.” – Sebastian Faulks
“Anita Desai’s most subtle and mature work to date... She retains an unforced and powerful ease in conveying the colour and sounds and sensations of Indian life.” – TLS
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“A major attempt to tackle serious themes... extraordinarily rich in incident and detail.” – Sebastian Faulks
“Anita Desai’s most subtle and mature work to date... She retains an unforced and powerful ease in conveying the colour and sounds and sensations of Indian life.” – TLS
Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India?s greatest Urdu poet, Nur ? a project that can only end in disaster.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0140239324
- ISBN 13 9780140239324
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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