Summary
The Peacock Throne by Sujit Saraf (Sceptre, Pounds 12.99).
THIS is Sujit Saraf's first foray into fiction and it's an ambitious debut. At more than 700 pages long, this sprawling novel teems with memorable characters and historical figures, plots and subplots. It opens on an ordinary day in Delhi, in the market lanes of Chandni Chowk, where Gopal Pandey, a half-blind, illiterate tea seller is getting his stall ready for the day.See the full content of this document
Extract
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Business is interrupted by the news that Indira Gandhi has been shot by her bodyguards.
Indira's assassination ushers in a particularly turbulent period of modern Indian history, and...See the full content of this document
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