“More than a thriller, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is a moving coming-of-age story, one in which an often invisible form of childhood is centered. While not softening the blows of poverty—the hunger, the neglect, the uncertainty—Anappara’s vision of this community is vibrant, rather than defined by lack.” —Bridey Heing, Paste magazine. · Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Hardback) Viewing the dizzying bustle and danger of contemporary urban India through the eyes of a winning child narrator, Anappara’s tremendously accomplished debut is a singular take on the modern crime novel. Redolent of the bazaars and backstreets of the sub-continent, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. Anappara earns her right to eschew any happy endings. In an India where as many as children go missing every day, with the vast majority of cases remaining unsolved, the enthralling Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is unafraid to lay bare the country's grim realities and entreats us to stop turning a blind eye continued. Full Review ( words.
"Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is unlike any book I have ever read—surprising, vividly imagined, and full of humor and humanity—and I fell head over heels for Jai, the police-show-obsessed narrator on a quest to find his missing classmate. Deepa Anappara is a writer of rare insight and a sure-footed storyteller. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - Deepa Anappara Summary: Three friends venture into the most dangerous corners of a sprawling Indian city to find their missing classmate. Anappara did an excellent job creating fun and funny child main characters, with lots of wit and a happy and resilient attitude. They were faced with such difficulty. DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE By Deepa Anappara. Perhaps the most trenchantly portrayed boy in India is Apu, the character at the center of Satyajit Ray's famed film bltadwin.ru first.
Deepa Anappara's debut novel defies characterization. Set in a sprawling Indian slum, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line centers on a trio of kids who venture out to look for a missing classmate. Drawing on real incidents and a spate of disappearances in metropolitan India, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is extraordinarily moving, flawlessly imagined, and a triumph of suspense. It captures the fierce warmth, resilience, and bravery that can emerge in times of trouble and carries the reader headlong into a community that, once encountered, is impossible to forget. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line plunges readers deep into this neighborhood to trace the unfolding of a tragedy through the eyes of a child as he has his first perilous collisions with an unjust and complicated wider world.
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