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Riot

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Arcade Publishing, 2001 - Fiction - 272 pages
In his new, long-awaited novel, Shashi Tharoor, the acclaimed author of The Great Indian Novel and Show Business, whom the Independent (London) called "one of the finest novelists writing in English today", once again experiments masterfully with narrative form. The story revolves around a young American volunteer in India and the mystery surrounding the circumstances of her death. Like the Japanese classic Rashomon, in RIOT there are disturbingly different versions of the events, and everyone is convinced they hold the truth. In plot, style, and characterization, Shashi Tharoor's latest novel is a brilliant tour de force.
  

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A splendid novel, amazing writing. - Goodreads
A very interesting way of writing. - Goodreads
... lots of insight into Muslim-Hindu situation. - Goodreads
The novel revolves around this plot. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Sunil Nair - Goodreads

I got a hold of this book after about 11 years of its first publication. Got into a Shashi Tharoor reading spree, the first being "India - Midnight to millennium" and was smitten by the enunciation of ... Read full review

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User Review  - Rajesh - Goodreads

Priscilla Hart, a foreigner and a christian, loses her life in a riot between Hindus and Muslims over Ram Janmabhoomi Issue. Why she lost her life? Who killed her? Was it just because she was at the ... Read full review

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Riot
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Riot: A Love Story
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About the author (2001)

Tharoor was born in London and brought up in Bombay and Calcutta. A winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, he is the interim head of the Department of Public Information of the United States.

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TitleRiot
AuthorShashi Tharoor
PublisherArcade Publishing, 2001
ISBN1559706058, 9781559706056
Length272 pages
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Fiction / Historical
History / Asia / India & South Asia
  
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