Radhika Mehta, an investment banker in the days before her own wedding, narrates Chetan Bhagat's novel about ambition, money and the expectations placed on a successful woman.
The book moves between Goa, New York, Hong Kong and London as the narrator looks back on the relationships and career choices that brought her to the ceremony. Bhagat keeps the register conversational and the chapters short, and the story stays inside one voice from beginning to end, which marks a change from his earlier books. The Rupa paperback runs 280 pages and is marked for readers of fifteen and above.
Things worth knowing:
• Told in a single first-person voice from start to finish
• 280 pages, a Rupa Publications India paperback
• Marked for readers aged fifteen and above
• Themes of career ambition, family pressure and marriage
Suited to young-adult and general fiction readers who follow popular Indian writing, published by Rupa Publications India and available at Boipoka.