The bandit queens

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For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife. Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too. Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband – a rumour she hasn’t bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she’s approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village.

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***A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2023*** ‘A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women’ – New York Times’Tender, unpredictable, brimming with laugh-out-loud moments’ T�a Obreht, author of THE TIGER’S WIFE’Original, memorable, and endearing’ Charmaine Wilkerson, author of BLACK CAKE’A rollicking mash-up of adventure story, thriller, dark revenge, and comedy’ Cristina Garc�a, author of DREAMING IN CUBAN __________________________________For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife…Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too. Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband – a rumour she hasn’t bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she’s approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village…. A darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of My Sister the Serial Killer, How To Kidnap The Rich and the Sharon Horgan series Bad Sisters.

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Weight 0.562 kg
Dimensions 23.4 × 15.3 × 2.4 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K