Nobody Does the Right Thing - A Novel (Paperback)

A young poet is killed by her lover, a politician, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Soon afterward, across India in Bombay, an idealistic journalist is hired by a movie director to write a Bollywood screenplay about the murdered poet. Research for the script takes the writer, Binod, back to Bihar, where he and his cousin Rabinder were raised. While the high-minded Binod struggles to turn the poet's murder into a steamy tale about small towns, desire, and intrigue, Rabinder sits in a Bihari jail cell, having been arrested for distributing pornography through a cybercafe. Rabinder dreams of a career in Bollywood filmmaking, and, unlike his cousin, he is not burdened by ethical scruples. "Nobody Does the Right Thing" is the story of these two cousins and the ways that their lives unexpectedly intertwine. Set in the rural villages of Bihar and the metropolises of Bombay and Delhi, the novel is packed with telling details and anecdotes about life in contemporary India. At the same time, it is a fictional investigation into how narratives circulate and vie for supremacy through gossip, cinema, popular fiction, sensational journalism, and the global media.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	June 2010
Authors:	Amitava Kumar
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-4682-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-8223-4682-6
Barcode:	9780822346821

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