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The Bandit Queens

by Parini Shroff

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Book of the Day, NPR · February 3, 2023

Two novels take a closer look at class and gender in Indian society

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A darkly comic novel following a jewelry maker who refuses to correct the village rumor that she murdered her husband, and finds herself helping other women rid themselves of their partners too.

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