How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

by Nina Swamidoss McConigley

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Book of the Day, NPR · February 4, 2026

'How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder' is a dark new novel about sisterhood

A dark debut novel about two Indian-American sisters growing up in rural Wyoming in the 1980s, who experience abuse that drives them to seek revenge, exploring split identities and the complex feelings arising from life under colonialism.

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