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Rumble in a Village
Aleph to publish Rumble in a Village: A Novel by Luc Leruth with Jean Dreze | New Asian Writing
INR 699, 304 pp, Fiction An entertaining and insightful look at life in an Indian village. Anil Singh, a banker working in London, finds out that his uncle has died in Palanpur, a village in north India, and that he is the sole heir. Egged on by his India-loving girlfriend, Pat, Anil decides to go
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Rumble in a Village starts out as a murder mystery but the narrative soon broadens into an entertaining and insightful fictional look at life in an Indian village. Peopled with colourful characters such as the seemingly innocent Babu who befriends Anil and starts working for him; the village headman, Rampal; Kishan Lal, who teaches Anil about farming and life in Palanpun Captain, an army man who drops mysterious hints about the murder and much else; Ashok Kumar. the lawyer who helps Anil make sense of the property he has inherited; the beautiful and dedicated teacher, Smita; the obnoxious police superintendent. BIOS; and many others (including a bad tempered billy-goat). the novel, based on Jean Drew’s observations as a young researcher in a real-life village, paints a compelling portrait of the darkness and light that invest the lives of villagers in northern India.
Rumble in a Village