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In Custody

Asked to interview India's greatest poet, Nur, Deven sees a way to escape the miseries of life as a small-town scholar. But the old man he finds deep in the bazaars of Old Delhi bears no resemblance to the idol of his youth. Deven is fooled, bullied and cheated, and drawn into a new captivity.

 

Author: Anita Desai
Agent: Peter Straus
Territories: Vintage: British Commonwealth ex. Canada, French: Editions Stock (France), Italian: Einaudi (Italy), Korean: Somyong Publishing, Portuguese: Editora Rocco Ltda (Brazil), Russian: Limbus, Spanish: Alianza Editorial (Spain), Spanish: Ediciones 62 SA (Spain)
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