The Village
  • Published: 14 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141030401
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $42.99

The Village

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25 Jul 2012
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14 Jun 2013
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A disturbing and utterly gripping morality tale set in contemporary India

On a winter morning Ray Bhullar arrives at the gates of an Indian village. She is here to make a film. But this will be no ordinary tale about India - for this is no ordinary village. It is an open prison, inhabited by murderers. An apparent innocent among the guilty, Ray tries hard to be accepted. But the longer she and the rest of the crew stay, the more the need for drama increases. Soon the fragile peace of the village will be shattered and, despite Ray's seemingly good intentions, the motives of the visitors and the lives of the inhabitants will be terrifyingly, brutally exposed.
  • Published: 14 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141030401
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $42.99
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About the author

Nikita Lalwani

Nikita Lalwani was born in Kota, Rajasthan in 1973 and raised in Cardiff. After several years of directing factual television and documentaries at the BBC, she has returned to writing fiction. Gifted is her first novel. She lives in London.

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Praise for The Village

Sharp and uncompromising, it is a ripsnorting read that leaves us wondering where the needle will be pointing at the moment the moral compass is smashed to pieces

Independent on Sunday

A thoughtful novel that envelops us in the oppression and beauty of the rural prison . . . each voice is distinct, believable and stubborn in its refusal to be easily known. Touchingly evocative

Financial Times

A masterclass. The inmates' stories evoke larger questions about justice and privacy, power and powerlessness

Guardian

Captures the hunger for self-improvement tinged with a pervasive sense of melancholy

Sunday Telegraph

Thoughtful, beautifully written. A candid exploration of journalistic ethics

Observer

Extraordinary ... Lalwani writes with wonderful clarity and intelligence

Times

Gripping, heartbreaking, truly horrifying . . . simmers with understated menace

Marie Claire

Extraordinary... What Nikita is really, really brilliant at is voice and people

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