{"product_id":"in-custody-1-9780099428497","title":"In Custody 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTouching and wonderfully funny, \u003ci\u003eIn Custody\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major attempt to tackle serious themes... extraordinarily rich in incident and detail. * Sebastian Faulks *\u003cbr\u003eAnita 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 *\u003cbr\u003eA 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 *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732222128471,"sku":"9780099428497","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099428497.jpg?v=1719996025","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-custody-1-9780099428497","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}