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Delhi Noir
Genre: Fiction Mistery Anthology
Pages: 326
Origin: USA
ABOUT THE CONTENTS: From the successful American "Akashic noir series", 14 brand-new short stories set in Delhi, the Indian metropolis, and written by 14 Indian and Indian-origin masters of crime fiction. They are veteran authors who have appeared on the Booker Prize short list and budding geniuses. Delhi Noir is a world of sex in parks, male prostitution, and vigilante rickshaw drivers. It is one plagued by religious riots, soulless corporate dons, and murderous servants. It offers bone-chilling, mesmerizing takes on the country's chaotic capital, a city where opulence and poverty are constantly clashing, where old-world values and the information age wage a constant battle.
THE AUTHORS: Irwin Allan Sealy, Omair Ahmad, Radhika Jha, Ruchir Joshi, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Meera Nair, Siddharth Chowdhury, Mohan Sikka, Palash K. Mehrotra, Hartosh Singh Bal, Hirsh Sawhney, Tabish Khair, Uday Prakash, Manjula Padmanabhan.
PRESS REVIEWS:
"A collection which, in all its macabre desolation, conjures a world capital and makes an argument about the effects of extreme inequality and injustice in a gargantuan city." The Times Literary Supplement
"Few books can alter one's perception about the state of a society, but this does, while delivering noir that's first-class in any light"." Publisher's Weekly
"The city unfolds like a fever dream..." The Guardian
"Delhi did indeed turn out to be good setting for noir." A blogger
FOCUS ON:
o A success as a series, a success as a single title.
o A book which puts together the evergreen passion for crime fiction and the recent passion for Indian literature.
o The New York Post designates Delhi Noir "Required Reading", August 2009.
o The San Francisco Chronicle designates Delhi Noir "Top Shelf Recommended Reading", July 2009
o Rights sold for publication in India
