WE THAT ARE YOUNG

01 December, 2017

Preti Taneja

This new novel by the British-Asian writer Preti Taneja is an adaptation of King Lear situated in contemporary India. A parable about greed and wealth, it depicts a Punjabi business family in Delhi and uses “Hinglish” borrowed from Bollywood films.

Penguin Random House, 560 pages, Rs 599