{"product_id":"a-bad-character-9780804171335","title":"A Bad Character","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly acclaimed story of a young woman in New Dehli, and the love that both shatters and forever changes her\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eoffering an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a dangerous, exhilarating city. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Searing.... I\u003cb\u003entoxicating.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur narrator is \"twenty and untouched\" when her mother dies. Sent by her absentee father to live with a relative in a modest New Delhi apartment, she is ill-equipped to resist the allure of the rich and rebellious young man who approaches her one day at a cafe. He is a few years older, and from a different social class, but they both yearn to break free of tradition. As they drive around Delhi--eating, making love, falling apart--he introduces her to an India that she never knew existed, and will never be able to forget. Told in a voice at once gritty and lyrical, A\u003ci\u003e Bad Character\u003c\/i\u003e is an astounding book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeepti Kapoor grew up in Northern India and attended college in New Delhi, where she worked for several years as a journalist. \u003ci\u003eA Bad Character\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. She lives in Goa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648904663314,"sku":"9780804171335","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_114124dd-f4d5-47ad-8025-4c9d66ff85c8.jpg?v=1733252340","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-bad-character-9780804171335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}