Critical Praise

"Set in 1920s India, this magical debut novel tells the story of beautiful Anuradha, whose songs are spellbinding, but whose fate is troubled."

——Elle

"A cornucopia of life at full tilt and high color . . . Shanghvi --- who's been compared to Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith, and Vikram Seth --- combines ribald humor with prose poetry."

——Sunday Oregonian

"Few first novelists achieve such perfection, such control, in their performance."

——India Today

"A gorgeous novel . . . written with a youthful twinkling eye."

——Los Angeles Times Book Review