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Razia is a creature of the night and a political player, a welldressed
clubber and a lover of poetry. She may even be
hundreds of years old, almost as old as her home – Delhi
– the city of tombs, at once majestic and in disarray, testament
to its numerous deaths and renewals. Hers is the tale of Delhi
itself, of a city trying to bridge the gap between the old and
the new.
She is muse and antagonist to DCP Sajan Dayal, whose
centuries-old roots lie in bureaucratic service in urban Delhi. He
is assisted by a heavyset middle-aged Punjabi named Kapoor
– who is a legend in the Delhi Police for his connections and
pragmatic approach to law enforcement – and an idealistic
young officer named Smita Dhingra, who, unlike Kapoor, is
from the elite Indian Police Service. Necropolis follows the three officers as they find their
pursuit of a serial collector of fingers spiralling into encounters with would-be vampires
and werewolves, rampant sexual violence, the political pressures that attend every aspect
of life in a capital city and, at every turn, Razia.
Necropolis weaves poetry, brothels, ministers and migrants into a heady, twisted and
darkly entertaining tale. It peels back the layers from a city that is simultaneously in thrall
to its past, hostage to its present and bitterly divided as to its future. This is a nuanced
study of the politics of origin and the dilemmas of ownership and class, an investigation
into the arrhythmic heart of Delhi.

About the Author

Avtar Singh is an author and editor. His previous novel, The Beauty of These Present Things, was published by Penguin India. He has worked as an editor with Man’s World, the Outlook Group, Time Out Delhi and The Indian Quarterly. He lives with his family in New Delhi.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789351363101
  • Publisher: Harper Collins India Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Fourth Estate
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9351363104
  • Publisher Date: Sep. 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 256

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