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Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous
Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous | Manu Joseph
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A building collapses in Mumbai. In the debris is a man who is mumbling something in delirium. It appears that he is passing on the real-time movements of a young Muslim couple. Elsewhere, a young intelligence agent is assigned to shadow two terror suspects, one of whom is a teenager and the sweetheart of her street, Laila. Taking up a slice of recent history, the novel glares at the entire system - not just politicians, the bureaucracy, the police and lackeys, but also the good folks. Pervasive in its satire, wicked in its humour and broad-based in its canvas, Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous is one of the most stylish and honest works of fiction about India ever written.
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really good, thought-provoking read! I really enjoyed this and am interested to see how the TV adaptation turns out.

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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@Tonton I'm enjoying this so much! It can't be very long as I've read about 60% already, but it's so good! Thanks again for putting it on my radar!

Tonton So glad you liked it! 4y
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Tonton
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There‘s a man pinned by debris in a bombed out building, and he‘s deliriously mumbling out details of what is determined to be a terrorist attack in real time; police are following a suspect who picks up Laila, who‘s apparently a good girl from a good family. Biting social commentary on Indian politics.Disney optioned the book (probably for Hulu or FX as it‘s definitely un-Disney).

MommyWantsToReadHerBook This looks really good, and it's on a Kindle deal! Thanks for sharing! 4y
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HarperCollinsIn
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A building collapses in Mumbai. In the debris is a man who is mumbling something in delirium. It appears that he is passing on the real-time movements of a young Muslim couple. Elsewhere, a young intelligence agent is assigned to shadow two terror suspects. Taking up a slice of recent history, the novel glares at the entire system – not just politicians, the bureaucracy, the police and lackeys, but also the good folks.

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winetoys
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First of all brilliant cover! I guess the cliché of not judging a book by its cover is not true for me, as in modern times it is quite easy to have decent design with so much out there. Coming to the story, it was good. Such a thriller that I could not put it down until it was over, and the ending is beautiful.

One thing is for sure it can transform and improve your political thoughts to whole new level, and that is the best thing.

RaimeyGallant Nice review. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 6y
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Jess7 Here is the link to @RaimeyGallant ‘s tips! They‘re really good for new Littens: https://raimeygallant.com/2017/10/31/litsytips/ 6y
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thecommonshelf
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