"Spine chilling ... written with flair and clear-eyed acidity." —The New Yorker

"Tejpal writes with splendid élan: His novel is a stylish, erudite potboiler that reads like a mix of Alexandre Dumas and India's ancient national epic, the Mahabharata ... exhilarating." —SAM SACKS, The Wall Street Journal

"Takes us into the unexplored depths of Indian life ... brilliantly evoked." —The Independent

"Tejpal's masterful newest... is an epic tale of modern-day India." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Tarun J. Tejpal is brilliant. A master storyteller, he writes with graphic detail so stunning in spots as to make the reader pause for breath." —New York Journal of Books

"Clever ... inventive ... In the profoundest way, Tarun Tejpal writes for India." —V.S. NAIPAUL, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

"Sets a new and formidably high standard in Indian writing in English." —PANKAJ MISHRA