The Gin Drinkers - Paperback

by Sagarika Ghose (Author)

New Delhi's liquid colonialism is on its way out. The old social order is crumbling.

Those born into English-speaking privilege - Uma, the England-returned graduate; Madhavi, the academic, and journalist Dhruv; Shantanu, the civil servant, and his wife Anasuya; Deekay, the middle-class revolutionary; Pamela Sen, the dedicated teacher; Ikram Gilchrist, the famous author - are slowly but surely yielding ground to the subaltern. In the roil and rustle of this change, a mysterious gang of thieves is stealing old and rare books from the houses of the well-heeled.

Who are these people? Where are they taking these books?

And who is the mysterious Jai Prakash? What is his secret?

The Gin Drinkers is a tragicomedy of manners and a true mirror to the class and caste conflicts that define modern India.

Author Biography

Sagarika Ghose went to St Stephen's College in New Delhi before winning a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University where she gained an MA and M Phil degree in History. She has been a journalist for fourteen years, reporting extensively on Indian elections, politics and society as well as traveling and reporting in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Her first novel The Gin Drinkers was published to critical acclaim in 2000. She is currently senior editor and prime time news anchor on the news channel CNN IBN. She lives in New Delhi and is married to Rajdeep Sardesai.