![]() Readers are in for a razor-stuffed treat. Shroff deals sharply with misogyny and abuse, describing the misery inflicted as well as its consequences in unflinching detail, and is equally unsparing in her depictions of mean-girl culture in the village. After Geeta adopts Bada-Bhai’s sickest dog, whom she names Bandit, she begins allowing others into her life, including Saloni, which helps after Ramesh resurfaces. ![]() Geeta also connects with widower Karem, a bootlegger, though not before costing him his livelihood by putting a stop to Karem’s biggest buyer, Bada-Bhai (Bada-Bhai was cutting the booze with methanol and testing it on dogs, and Geeta frees the dogs). The Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition features a. As well, Geeta admires the legendary Bandit Queen, who exacted revenge on those who’d wronged her, and agrees to help a local named Farah kill her husband (Farah’s first attempt backfired because she mistook hair growth pills for sleeping pills). Readers are Invited to Attend a Free Live Virtual Book Club Discussion Featuring Parini Shroff on Tuesday, February 7 New York, NY Janu Barnes & Noble is delighted to announce The Bandit Queens, the debut novel by Parini Shroff, as their first National Book Club pick of 2023. ![]() It’s a fortuitous development for Geeta, who’s become socially isolated after a fight with her lifelong friend Saloni, who’s part of the microloan group that funds Geeta’s jewelry business. Geeta’s unearned reputation for having killed her physically abusive husband, Ramesh (he’s not dead, he just ran off), prompts women to approach her for help. In Shroff’s acerbic debut, a woman helps other women escape their abusive marriages in their small village in India, often through murder. ![]()
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