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About the book
For murder is murder, whether it arrives in the form of steel or the fangs of an adder.’ This ambitious novel transports you to the heart of Greece in the time of Alexander the Great. Seleucus, son of Nicanor, learns to cope with treachery at a very young age. It doesn’t take him long to master the art of deceit himself; his journey from renegade citizen to powerful public figure is testimony to his skills. And from the exhilarating chariot race in Olympia to Alexander’s encounter with the Persian army on the banks of the Granicus, his story rivets you from beginning to end. Written with admirable verve, and with a scholarship lightly worn, The Emissary is a truly wonderful patchwork of intrigue, betrayal, violence and military skullduggery in a distant world, epic in proportion and quite unputdownable. Praise for Bunker 13 ‘…funny, farcical and ferocious’ -Literary Review ‘One of the most enjoyably demented books I have read in a long time’ -The Times ‘Remarkable.Imagine Catch 22 rewritten by Hunter S. Thompson’ -Guardian
Pages: 464
Available in: Hardback
Language: English
Aniruddha Bahal
Aniruddha Bahal is a journalist and author. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the online investigative magazine, Cobrapost. Born in Allahabad, Bahal worked as a journalist and editor for India Today and Outlook. In 1999, he along with Tarun Tejpal co-founded Tehelka. As a journalist Bahal has reported on a wide range of subjects, from environment to defence, and is best known for his investigations into match-fixing in cricket. Rhea is based on his daughter and her adventures are based on his own journalistic experiences.