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Vinod Busjeet

Age: 71. Residence: Washington, D.C. Book: Silent Winds, Dry Seas (Doubleday, August 2021), a novel that follows Vishnu Bhushan, an ambitious boy with an authoritarian father living on Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, and the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that engulfs him in his struggle for independence and success. Agent: Kimberly Witherspoon. Editor: Robert Bloom.

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