Review
?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
In Custody FROM THE PUBLISHER
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.
FROM THE CRITICS
Observer
Magnificent...The beauty of 'In Custody' is that what seems to be a string of inevitable tragedies...turns out to be tale of triumph over these tragedies.
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