The Peacock Throne by Sujit Saraf
A dazzling, highly acclaimed novel of modern India - as shocking as it is affecting, as funny as it is serious
'The story is teeming with lifeSaraf's incredible attention to detail brings the sights, sounds and smells of Delhi right off the page...a fascinating read' * Lianne Kolirin, Daily Express *
'Wonderful...Bleak and shocking as well as entertaining and comical, Sujit Saraf's intelligent novel is a remarkable feat.' * Angela McGee, Sunday Express *
'One of the best novels I have read this year' * Tabish Khair, New Statesman *
'Gives a more truthful picture of twenty-first-century India than anything in the earnest pages of the Wall Street Journal...a terrific read' * Chandak Sengoopta, Independent *
'Every self-interested acquaintance, every class and caste, all are pinned down and exposed by Saraf's prose. He has a gift for getting under the skin of a vast range of humanity...highly entertaining' * Kevin Rushby, Guardian *
'Teems with memorable characters and historical figures, plots and subplots...Saraf's rambunctious commentary on the nature of greed and mendacity is enthralling, but it's the lives of the ordinary people that provide the real drama' * Eithne Farry, Daily Mail *
'His cast of characters is large, various and skilfully drawn, and the chaotic life of the city is brilliantly evoked' * Lindy Burleigh, Daily Telegraph *
the ambitious scope of his epic is remarkable * The Observer *
'Wonderful...Bleak and shocking as well as entertaining and comical, Sujit Saraf's intelligent novel is a remarkable feat.' * Angela McGee, Sunday Express *
'One of the best novels I have read this year' * Tabish Khair, New Statesman *
'Gives a more truthful picture of twenty-first-century India than anything in the earnest pages of the Wall Street Journal...a terrific read' * Chandak Sengoopta, Independent *
'Every self-interested acquaintance, every class and caste, all are pinned down and exposed by Saraf's prose. He has a gift for getting under the skin of a vast range of humanity...highly entertaining' * Kevin Rushby, Guardian *
'Teems with memorable characters and historical figures, plots and subplots...Saraf's rambunctious commentary on the nature of greed and mendacity is enthralling, but it's the lives of the ordinary people that provide the real drama' * Eithne Farry, Daily Mail *
'His cast of characters is large, various and skilfully drawn, and the chaotic life of the city is brilliantly evoked' * Lindy Burleigh, Daily Telegraph *
the ambitious scope of his epic is remarkable * The Observer *
Sujit Saraf was born in India in 1969. He was educated in Darjeeling and Delhi, and graduated as an engineer from IIT in 1991. He subsequently studied at Berkely, receiving a PhD in 1997. His first novel, Limbo, was published by HarperCollins India in 1994 and in 1995 he co-founded the theatre company, Naatak, for which he has written and directed plays as well as two feature films. In 1999, after two years of conducting research for NASA, he moved back to India to teach at IIT, then returned to the United States. He currently works as a research scientist on space missions and satellite control, and lives with his wife and daughter in San Jose, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340899724 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340899727 |
| Title | The Peacock Throne |
| Author | Sujit Saraf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 768 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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