Riot: A Novel (R/J)
Author: Shashi Tharoor
Brand: Penguin
Edition: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 280
Release Date: 01-01-2015
Details: Who killed twenty four year old Priscilla Hart? and why would anyone want to murder this idealistic American student who had come to India to volunteer in a women's health programme? Was she the innocent victim of a riot between Hindus and Muslims? Shashi Tharoor experiments brilliantly with narrative form, chronicling the mystery of Priscilla Hart's death through the often contradictory accounts of a dozen or more characters. Intellectually provocative and emotionally charged, Riot is a novel about the ownership of history, about love, hate, cultural commission, religious fanaticism and the impossibility of knowing the truth.
EAN: 9780143420217
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Languages: English
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Riot: A Novel (R/J)
Riot: A Novel (R/J)
Author: Shashi Tharoor
Brand: Penguin
Edition: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 280
Release Date: 01-01-2015
Details: Who killed twenty four year old Priscilla Hart? and why would anyone want to murder this idealistic American student who had come to India to volunteer in a women's health programme? Was she the innocent victim of a riot between Hindus and Muslims? Shashi Tharoor experiments brilliantly with narrative form, chronicling the mystery of Priscilla Hart's death through the often contradictory accounts of a dozen or more characters. Intellectually provocative and emotionally charged, Riot is a novel about the ownership of history, about love, hate, cultural commission, religious fanaticism and the impossibility of knowing the truth.
EAN: 9780143420217
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Languages: English
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Author: Shashi Tharoor
Brand: Penguin
Edition: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 280
Release Date: 01-01-2015
Details: Who killed twenty four year old Priscilla Hart? and why would anyone want to murder this idealistic American student who had come to India to volunteer in a women's health programme? Was she the innocent victim of a riot between Hindus and Muslims? Shashi Tharoor experiments brilliantly with narrative form, chronicling the mystery of Priscilla Hart's death through the often contradictory accounts of a dozen or more characters. Intellectually provocative and emotionally charged, Riot is a novel about the ownership of history, about love, hate, cultural commission, religious fanaticism and the impossibility of knowing the truth.
EAN: 9780143420217
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Languages: English
