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Body in the Backyard

Body in the Backyard

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Manjula Padmanabhan
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Since the discovery of a decaying corpse in their backyard, the members of the Bajaj family have experienced a host of emotions from shock to disgust to exasperation to fury. But when the young CID officer Vasant arrives at the crime scene, he can immediately tell that the Bajaj family may not be as innocent as they seem.

However, seeing as Mr Bajaj is the additional secretary to revenue and has a meeting with the prime minister in a couple of hours, Vasant has no option but to speed up his investigation. But he is not worried. The “still alive” corpse has just started talking and Vasant is all ears.

Subversive, exciting, and revealing, with a twist you actually won’t be ready for, Manjula Padmanathan’s Body in the Backyard is as compelling as it is well-written.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jan/2018

Length : 15 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Body in the Backyard

(Penguin Petit)

Manjula Padmanabhan

Since the discovery of a decaying corpse in their backyard, the members of the Bajaj family have experienced a host of emotions from shock to disgust to exasperation to fury. But when the young CID officer Vasant arrives at the crime scene, he can immediately tell that the Bajaj family may not be as innocent as they seem.

However, seeing as Mr Bajaj is the additional secretary to revenue and has a meeting with the prime minister in a couple of hours, Vasant has no option but to speed up his investigation. But he is not worried. The “still alive” corpse has just started talking and Vasant is all ears.

Subversive, exciting, and revealing, with a twist you actually won’t be ready for, Manjula Padmanathan’s Body in the Backyard is as compelling as it is well-written.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

Manjula Padmanabhan

Manjula Padmanabhan (b. 1953), is a writer and artist living in New Delhi. Her books include Hot Death, Cold Soup (Kali for Women, 1996), Getting There (Picador India, 1999) and This is Suki! (Duckfoot Press, 2000). Harvest (Kali for Women, 1998 and subsequently in three separate international anthologies), her fifth play, won the 1997 Onassis Award for Theatre. She has illustrated twenty-two books for children including, most recently, her own first novel for children, Mouse Attack (Macmillan Children's Books, UK, 2003; Picador India, 2004). Her comic strips appeared weekly in The Sunday Observer (Bombay, 1982-86) and daily in The Pioneer (New Delhi, 1991-97). Her most recent exhibition was of etchings and lithographs (London, December 2003).

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