The Tiger's Share
Keshava Guha
- 'A
- stylish
- and
- engaging
- tragi-comedy
- of
- manners
- .
- .
- .
- Keshava
- Guha
- is
- an
- astute
- and
- insightful
- observer
- of
- contemporary
- India'
- Amitav
- Ghosh,
- author
- of
- THE
- IBIS
- TRILOGY'A
- waspishly
- witty
- eye
- cast
- on
- the
- war
- between
- sisters
- and
- brothers
- in
- polluted,
- high-achieving
- Delhi'
- Francis
- SpuffordThe
- fiercest
- wars
- are
- fought
- between
- siblings.Tara,
- a
- successful
- Dehli
- lawyer,
- is
- everything
- her
- younger
- brother
- isn't:
- dedicated,
- independent,
- thriving.
- When
- their
- beloved
- father
- retires,
- he
- summons
- them
- to
- a
- meeting.
- But
- what
- he
- has
- to
- say
- threatens
- to
- tear
- the
- family
- apart.Tara's
- friend
- Lila
- has
- it
- all:
- a
- great
- job,
- a
- lovely
- home,
- a
- beautiful
- family.
- But
- when
- Lila's
- father
- dies
- unexpectedly,
- her
- brother
- wastes
- no
- time
- in
- claiming
- what
- he
- thinks
- is
- his.Together,
- Tara
- and
- Lila
- are
- forced
- to
- confront
- the
- challenge
- that
- their
- ambition
- poses
- to
- patriarchal
- Delhi
- society.
- Set
- against
- a
- backdrop
- of
- ecological
- collapse
- and
- political
- unrest,
- The
- Tiger's
- Share
- is
- both
- a
- family
- and
- a
- state-of-the-nation
- novel
- unlike
- anything
- else
- in
- contemporary
- Indian
- fiction.'An
- extraordinary
- new
- kind
- of
- Indian
- novel
- in
- English,
- as
- attuned
- to
- life
- in
- contemporary
- New
- Delhi
- as
- to
- the
- choices
- ecological
- collapse
- eventually
- will
- force
- upon
- us
- all.
- It's
- also
- the
- story
- of
- two
- unforgettable
- families,
- told
- with
- a
- controlled
- emotional
- precision
- that
- only
- intensifies
- the
- power
- of
- the
- novel's
- shocking
- conclusion'
- Nell
- Freudenberger,
- author
- of
- THE NEWLYWEDS
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