- Missing persons, fiction, India, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, coming of age
"Based on a true story--Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality police shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she gets the best grades), and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job).
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Deepa Anappara, Deepa Anappara
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, Random House, Random House Large Prin
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781784743086
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