{"product_id":"the-bandit-queens-by-parini-shroff-9781838957179","title":"The Bandit Queens","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot since Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger has the rotten core of modern India been exposed in quite such blackly antic fashion as Parini Shroff manages here in this intermittently absurd, feminist revenge caper about a group of snarky, much-abused, predominantly Hindu wives...sheer gutsy verve.\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA darkly funny revenge drama rooted in the reality of rural India . . . [A] vivid, unsentimental story that succeeds in being both satirical and moving.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMordantly humoured, pacey feminist revenge thriller\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife... Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband—a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of \u003cem\u003eMy Sister the Serial Killer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow To Kidnap The Rich\u003c\/em\u003e and the Sharon Horgan series \u003cem\u003eBad Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTender, unpredictable, brimming with laugh-out-loud moments\u003c\/em\u003e - Téa Obreht, author of \u003cem\u003eTHE TIGER'S WIFE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal, memorable, and endearing\u003c\/em\u003e - Charmaine Wilkerson, author of \u003cem\u003eBLACK CAKE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rollicking mash-up of adventure story, thrill and comedy\u003c\/em\u003e - Cristina García, author of \u003cem\u003eDREAMING IN CUBAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532903960812,"sku":"9781838957179","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20556613482842.jpg?v=1749345882","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-bandit-queens-by-parini-shroff-9781838957179","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}