Polite Society

Zusatztext With biting wit! this send-up of high society deflates social strata while bringing tenderness and romance to its comedy of manners Informationen zum Autor Mahesh Rao is the author of The Smoke is Rising , which won the Tata First Book Award for fiction and was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and the Crossword Award. One Point Two Billion , his second book, is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories. He lives most of the year in Mysore, India. Klappentext Ania Khurana is beautiful, clever and in need of entertainment. She's wrapped Delhi society around her little finger, and now her creativity requires a new vista. So she finds love for her spinster aunt, rescuing her from a life watching Masterchef . Hugely satisfied with her first success as a matchmaker, Ania selects her friend Dimple for her next quest. But good intentions can go awry, and when a handsome suitor arrives from America, Ania discovers that when you aim to please the human heart, things seldom go to plan. 'Clever, rich-in-insight, and with a discomfiting wit and impeccable prose, POLITE SOCIETY uncovers some of the best blessings of Austen. Dear reader, this book is delicious!' Jade Chang, author of THE WANGS V THE WORLD 'A bitingly funny version of Austen's EMMA. Could have been titled CRAZY RICH INDIANS' South China Morning Post Zusammenfassung A brilliant, witty observational novel of match-making and mischief, set in contemporary Delhi. For any fans of Jane Austen's EMMA or Kevin Kwan's CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Vorwort
A brilliant, witty observational novel of match-making and mischief, set in contemporary Delhi. For any fans of Jane Austen's EMMA or Kevin Kwan's CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Autorentext
Mahesh Rao is the author of The Smoke is Rising, which won the Tata First Book Award for fiction and was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and the Crossword Award. One Point Two Billion, his second book, is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories. He lives most of the year in Mysore, India.

Klappentext

Ania Khurana is beautiful, clever and in need of entertainment. She's wrapped Delhi society around her little finger, and now her creativity requires a new vista. So she finds love for her spinster aunt, rescuing her from a life watching Masterchef.

Hugely satisfied with her first success as a matchmaker, Ania selects her friend Dimple for her next quest. But good intentions can go awry, and when a handsome suitor arrives from America, Ania discovers that when you aim to please the human heart, things seldom go to plan.

'Clever, rich-in-insight, and with a discomfiting wit and impeccable prose, POLITE SOCIETY uncovers some of the best blessings of Austen. Dear reader, this book is delicious!' Jade Chang, author of THE WANGS V THE WORLD

'A bitingly funny version of Austen's EMMA. Could have been titled CRAZY RICH INDIANS' South China Morning Post