Description
| Product ID: | 9781782279433 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Black River |
| Authors: | Author: Nilanjana Roy |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Rural communities, Crime & mystery, Rural communities |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' SONIA FALEIROA literary thriller of considerable acumen with a textured picture of a country' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS [RB1] ________________IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO KILL A CHILD... The Indian village of Teetarpur is a quiet, unremarkable place, until one of its children is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree. In the largely Hindu community, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor. It's up to local policeman Sub-Inspector Ombir Singh to uncover the truth. With only one assistant officer, and a single working revolver between them, can he bring justice to a grieving father and an angry village?or will the people of Teetarpur demand vengeance instead? |
| Imprint Name: | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Publisher Name: | Pushkin Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-01 |
