Tinderbox: India’s Slide Towards Turmoil
A devastating critique of India’s failure to fulfil its founding promises.
A devastating critique of India’s failure to fulfil its founding promises.
The second epic instalment of the Obsidian Throne fantasy trilogy, melding Indian myth and history into a story of a witch and a prince determined to burn an empire to the ground in order to raise it up out of the ashes.
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Where winged serpents fly through the skies.
Giant leopards prowl the earth.
And witches burn blue as they die.
‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel’ KAMILA SHAMSIE
‘A maximalist epic that grabs you by the collar’THE STATESMAN
‘A wild romp that ends with the scent of river water in your nose and the breath of a flute in your ears’INDIA TODAY
‘Deliciously dark’ Observer
‘Bold and satirical’ Culturefly
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‘A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian’ PETER FRANKOPAN
‘This book is a revelation … both original and important’ MISHAL HUSAIN
A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it.
‘A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable’ Rose Tremain
‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE
‘A wake-up call’ Amal Clooney
‘Devastating… rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden feature of conflict zones the world over’ HM Queen Camilla
A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE
A FINALIST FOR THE MOORE PRIZE
A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘A gripping and rigorous crime story about the murder of a once thriving democracy, exposing an arsenal of lethal weapons, some wielded on the streets, others in the courts and press’ NAOMI KLEIN
‘Essential reading’ YANIS VAROUFAKIS
It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring.