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A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Set in contemporary India, A Guardian and a Thief follows the intersecting lives of two very different young people whose paths cross within a charged political and social landscape. An unnamed woman is newly married into a household connected to an increasingly powerful Hindu nationalist organisation. Intelligent, observant and quietly uneasy, she finds herself drawn into a world shaped by ideology, conformity and the promise of moral authority.
Running alongside her story is that of a teenage boy eking out a…
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Vigil by George Saunders
Set over the course of a single night, Vigil unfolds at the deathbed of K. J. Boone, a powerful and fabulously wealthy oil executive who remains serenely proud of his life’s work, despite its consequences. Watching over him is Jill ‘Doll’ Blaine, a spirit whose role is to comfort the dying and guide them peacefully towards the afterlife. Boone, however, is no ordinary case. Certain he has nothing to regret, he resists consolation, and the vigil takes an unexpected turn.
As…
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