{"product_id":"bandit-queens","title":"Shroff Parini: The Bandit Queens [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not since Aravind Adiga's \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e has the rotten core of modern India been exposed in quite such blackly antic fashion as Parini Shroff manages here in this intermittently absurd, feminist revenge caper about a group of snarky, much-abused, predominantly Hindu wives...sheer gutsy verve.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A darkly funny revenge drama rooted in the reality of rural India . . . [A] vivid, unsentimental story that succeeds in being both satirical and moving.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mordantly humoured, pacey feminist revenge thriller' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e__________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eMy Sister the Serial Killer, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To Kidnap The Rich \u003c\/i\u003eand the Sharon Horgan series \u003ci\u003eBad Sisters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tender, unpredictable, brimming with laugh-out-loud moments' Tea Obreht, author of THE TIGER'S WIFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Original, memorable, and endearing' Charmaine Wilkerson, author of BLACK CAKE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A rollicking mash-up of adventure story, thriller, dark revenge, and comedy' Cristina Garcia, author of DREAMING IN CUBAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shroff, Parini","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47539700728147,"sku":"9781838957179","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":50064778527059,"sku":"XG81838957179","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50222322942291,"sku":"XV81838957179","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":54306369143123,"sku":"XE81838957179","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/shroff-parini-shroff-parini-the-bandit-queens-2024-paperback-60648445083987.jpg?v=1784045081","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/bandit-queens","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}