Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010.
Novels set in modern day India are very much in vogue at the moment but what makes this one stand out is the assured and accomplished writing and this is reflected in the fact it was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award recently. The Temple-goers introduces us to a sensational new storytelling talent - and a shocking new side of Indian society. An author to watch out for.
It tells the story of two young men from very different sides of the tracks: one cast adrift in a world of fashion parties, media moguls and designer labels, the other who reveals to him the city's hidden and squalid underbelly. But when a body is found floating in the canal and one of them is accused of the murder, some deeply unsettling truths begin to emerge, exposing their friendship and the dark and troubled heart of the city in which they live...
A young man returns home to Delhi after several years abroad and resumes his place among the city's cosmopolitan elite - a world of fashion designers, media moguls and the idle rich. But everything around him has changed - new roads, new restaurants, new money, new crime - everything, that is, except for the people, who are the same, only maybe slightly worse. Then he meets Aakash, a charismatic and unpredictable young man on the make, who introduces him to the squalid underside of this sprawling city.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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A young man returns home to Delhi after several years abroad and resumes his place among the city's cosmopolitan elite - a world of fashion designers, media moguls and the idle rich. But everything around him has changed - new roads, new restaurants, new money, new crime - everything, that is, except for the people, who are the same, only maybe slightly worse.
The Temple-goers features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Temple-goers was written by Aatish Taseer and published by Penguin Books Ltd
The Temple-goers has 304 pages
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