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Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India''s greatest Urdu poet, Nur - a project that can only end in disaster.

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A major attempt to tackle serious themes... extraordinarily rich in incident and detail. * Sebastian Faulks *
Anita Desai's most subtle and mature work to date... She retains an unforced and powerful ease in conveying the colour and sounds and sensations of Indian life. * Times Literary Supplement *
A wry, gently humorous novel, full of wisdom and restraint... The author chronicles India lovingly but it would be a mistake to think of her simply as an Indian writer, for her themes are universal * Financial Times *

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/07/2001
      ISBN13: 9780099428497, 978-0099428497
      ISBN10: 0099428490
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to interview India''s greatest Urdu poet, Nur - a project that can only end in disaster.

      Trade Review
      A major attempt to tackle serious themes... extraordinarily rich in incident and detail. * Sebastian Faulks *
      Anita Desai's most subtle and mature work to date... She retains an unforced and powerful ease in conveying the colour and sounds and sensations of Indian life. * Times Literary Supplement *
      A wry, gently humorous novel, full of wisdom and restraint... The author chronicles India lovingly but it would be a mistake to think of her simply as an Indian writer, for her themes are universal * Financial Times *

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