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Title Statement | The bandit queens: a novel / [book club set] : Parini Shroff. |
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Author | Shroff, Parini |
Publication | New York: Ballantine Books,[2024]©2023 |
Edition | Paperback edition. |
Extent of Item | 349 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780593498972 |
Other Number | pr7262608 |
General Notes | Includes Question and Topics for Discussion. |
Summary | "A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut. "The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent." Taea Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of Inland. In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has become accustomed to a solitary life; you'd be surprised how difficult it is to make friends when your entire village believes you're a witch who murdered your husband. And since she can't convince anyone that she didn't murder him, she figures she might as well use her fearsome reputation to protect herself as a woman on her own. But when other women in the village decide that they, too, want to be "self-made" widows and rid themselves of their abusive husbands, Geeta's reputation becomes a double-edged sword--the very thing that's meant to keep her safe is now threatening everything she's built as she unwittingly becomes the go-to consultant for village husband-disposal. Unfortunately, Geeta finds that even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry, and the women find themselves caught in a web of their own making--and long-estranged friendships will have to be re-formed if they hope to make it out of their mess alive. Acerbic, insightful, and full of dark humor, Parini Shroff's The Bandit Queens--with its unique combination of poignant social commentary and irreverence--is an absolutely unforgettable novel"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Female friendship--Fiction |
Villages--Fiction | |
Widows--Fiction | |
Wife abuse--Fiction | |
By Location | India--Fiction |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |
Black humor | |
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