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Necropolis
By Avtar Singh
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About the book
Razia: a creature of the night and a political player, a well-dressed clubber and a lover of poetry. Hushed voices say she may be hundreds of years old, almost as old as her home: Delhi, the city of tombs, at once majestic and in disarray.Razia is muse and antagonist to DCP Sajan Dayal, whose centuries-old roots lie in bureaucratic service. Assisting Dayal are Kapoor, a legend in the Delhi Police, and an idealistic young cop named Smita Dhingra, who – unlike Kapoor – is from the elite Indian Police Service. As the novel progresses, the officers’ pursuit of a serial collector of fingers quickly spirals into encounters with would-be vampires and werewolves, rampant sexual violence, the political pressures that attend every aspect of life in a capital city – and, at every turn, Razia.A first novel of unusual beauty, Necropolis weaves poetry, brothels, ministers and migrants into a heady, twisted and darkly entertaining tale, peeling back the layers from a city that is simultaneously in thrall to its past, hostage to its present and bitterly divided as to its future.
Pages: 280
Available in: Hardback
Language: English
Avtar Singh
Avtar Singh is an author and editor. His previous novel, The Beauty of These Present Things, was published by Penguin India. He has worked as an editor with Man’s World, the Outlook Group, Time Out Delhi and The Indian Quarterly. He lives with his family in New Delhi.