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A Bangalore police procedural featuring Inspector Borei Gowda, a splendidly grumpy, hard-drinking, deeply flawed character whose chaotic home life includes an absent wife, an estranged son and an enigmatic mistress. It all begins when elderly Professor Mudgood is murdered in his kitchen at 2 am on a November night. As Gowda investigates, he discovers that many people might have wanted the professor dead. He had been a vocal critic of the Hindutva Movement whose ethnic nationalism has gained traction recently, often at the expense of Islamic and Christian minorities. Also disturbing is the fact that the professor's extensive property in the centre of bustling Bangalore would be a gold mine in the hands of ruthless developers with access to corrupt politicians. And there is no shortage of such characters, even in the professor's immediate entourage. The fast-paced plot has many surprising twists leading to an ominous end, but police work is not just about going out and catching crooks. All kinds of office politics, caste politics and other considerations make Gowda's life complicated. Anita Nair lives in Bangalore, and her disclosure of Gowda's thoughts elsewhere in the series is telling: "This was a city where dog ate dog, rat devoured rat, and everyone would get ahead if they dismissed their conscience."

General

Imprint:	Bitter Lemon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2024
Authors:	Anita Nair
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Pages:	354
ISBN-13:	978-1-913394-96-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-913394-96-4
Barcode:	9781913394967

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