Story Of My Assassins, The - Softcover

Tarun J Tejpal

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9781612192611: Story Of My Assassins, The

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612192610 ISBN 13: 9781612192611

Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING, 2013

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When a celebrated journalist learns that the police have captured five killers on the way to assassinate him, he launches an intense investigation into the lives of the would-be murderers - one that forces him to re-examine his own life as well. What follows is an epic saga of modern Indian life, taking readers from the lavish hedonism of the elite to the seedy slums of Uttar Pradesh. As the journalist realises that none of the five wretched assassins could have masterminded the plot against him, he must ask - who wanted him dead?

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"Spine chilling ... written with flair and clear-eyed acidity." --The New Yorker

"Tejpal writes with splendid �lan: His novel is a stylish, erudite potboiler that reads like a mix of Alexandre Dumas and India's ancient national epic, the Mahabharata ... exhilarating." --SAM SACKS, The Wall Street Journal

"Takes us into the unexplored depths of Indian life ... brilliantly evoked." --The Independent

"Tejpal's masterful newest... is an epic tale of modern-day India." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Tarun J. Tejpal is brilliant. A master storyteller, he writes with graphic detail so stunning in spots as to make the reader pause for breath." --New York Journal of Books

"Clever ... inventive ... In the profoundest way, Tarun Tejpal writes for India." --V.S. NAIPAUL, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

"Sets a new and formidably high standard in Indian writing in English." --PANKAJ MISHRA

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