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'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer

'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones

We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see.

Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job).

When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth

'A heartrending tale' The Times

'Djinn Patrol is storytelling at its best' Anne Enright

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: Discover the immersive novel longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2020

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'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer 'I... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 03/06/2021
    ISBN13: 9781529111538, 978-1529111538
    ISBN10: 1529111536

    Number of Pages: 352

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer

    'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones

    We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see.

    Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job).

    When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth

    'A heartrending tale' The Times

    'Djinn Patrol is storytelling at its best' Anne Enright

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