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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Kapoor, Peyton, Ganeshananthan, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new release titles from Deepti Kapoor, Tracey Rose Peyton, V. V. Ganeshananthan, and more—that are publishing this week.

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Here’s what  about : “In Kapoor’s searing portrait of India at the turn of the 21st century (after ), finely wrought characters go to great lengths to escape the bonds into which they were born. Ajay, from a desperately poor family and sold into servitude by his mother at eight in 1991, begins working for Sunny Wadia, an unhappy playboy and scion of a powerful family, in 2001. Sunny’s father, Bunty, and mysterious uncle Vicky hold sway over whole swaths of the Indian economy and political landscape.

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