The Fantastic Affair of Despair

Author:   Doorva Devarshi
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan India
ISBN:  

9789361130984


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   17 June 2025
Format:   Paperback
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The Fantastic Affair of Despair


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As a newborn India wails into existence, a silent woman labours away in the cramped copy editorial department of a postcolonial magazine. Her days are fraught with the chauvinism of her male colleagues, sanctioned by the founder, Chief, who fancies himself a revolutionary. In the evenings, she returns to a near-peaceful cohabitation with her widowed, opium-addled landlady. But her monotonous life is suddenly interrupted by an act of extreme violence.

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Author:   Doorva Devarshi
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan India
Imprint:   Pan Macmillan India
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9789361130984


ISBN 10:   9361130986
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   17 June 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Doorva Devarshi is a writer and editor. Formerly a dentist, in 2020, she decided to switch her scalpel for a pen and hasn’t looked back since. She lives in Jaipur with her parents and their family’s greatest feline obsession, Chimken.

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