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The Temple-goers

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Penguin Books Ltd; 2011Description: 296 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780141045696
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.92
Summary: This title is shorlisted for the Costa Award for First Novel 2010. A controversial No.1 bestseller in India, "The Temple-goers" introduces us to a sensational new story-telling talent - and a shocking new side of Indian society. 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...
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Adult Fiction 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC009744
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Desi Reads 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC002986
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This title is shorlisted for the Costa Award for First Novel 2010. A controversial No.1 bestseller in India, "The Temple-goers" introduces us to a sensational new story-telling talent - and a shocking new side of Indian society. 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...

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