Binding: Paperback
Description: National Bestseller A READ WITH JENN a BOOK CLUB PICK! A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary" (US a Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise to the middle class to political power to fame in the movies and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums determined to move up in life who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right - wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor has the alibi that can set Jivan free but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Taut symphonic propulsive and riveting from its opening lines A Burning is an electrifying debut.
Title: Burning
Author(s): Majumdar Megha
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780593081259
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/29/2021