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In Custody

(1984)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1984 Booker Prize (shortlist)

Asked to interview India's greatest poet, Nur, Deven sees a way to escape the miseries of life as a small-town scholar. But the old man he finds deep in the bazaars of Old Delhi bears no resemblance to the idol of his youth. Deven is fooled, bullied and cheated, and drawn into a new captivity.


Genre: General Fiction

Praise for this book

"A remarkable piece of work... A magnificent novel." - Salman Rushdie


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