{"product_id":"the-light-at-the-end-of-the-world-a-novel-siddhartha-deb","title":"The Light at the End of the World: A Novel - Siddhartha Deb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\"A work of genius—impassioned, singular, hallucinatory, uncanny—Siddhartha Deb has invented a new kind of subcontinental novel.\" \u003cspan class=\"citation-149\"\u003e— Karan Mahajan, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"156\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-149\"\u003eThe Association of Small Bombs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"156\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-149 citation-end-149\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-148\"\u003eConnecting India’s tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past and a potentially apocalyptic future, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"112\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"112\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-148\"\u003eThe Light at the End of the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\"\u003e is a sweeping, kaleidoscopic epic of rebellion, hidden histories, and systemic corruption.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-147 citation-end-147\"\u003eSiddhartha Deb's first novel in fifteen years is a mind-bending masterwork that expands the boundaries of contemporary fiction.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-146 citation-end-146\"\u003eThe narrative unfolds like an intricate puzzle box across four distinct timelines:\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDelhi, the Near Future:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-145 citation-end-145\"\u003eBibi, a disillusioned former journalist working for a shadowy global consulting firm, is tasked with tracking down a missing ex-colleague.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-144 citation-end-144\"\u003eHer search uncovers a terrifying trove of government secrets, including engineered viruses and mysterious relics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBhopal, 1984:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-143 citation-end-143\"\u003eA cold-blooded assassin stalks his prey through the city's labyrinthine slums, just days before the occurrence of the worst industrial disaster in world history.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCalcutta, 1947:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-142 citation-end-142\"\u003eOn the brink of Partition, a conscientious veterinary student finds his life and sanity deeply entangled with a secret committee trying to build an ancient Vedic aircraft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIndia, 1859:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-141 citation-end-141\"\u003eIn the bloody aftermath of the Indian Rebellion, a British soldier on a quest to hunt down a legendary fugitive is waylaid at a displaced Mughal's bewitching estate.\u003cspan class=\"citation-140 citation-end-140\"\u003eBound together by overlapping traumas, spirits, automatons, and the haunting presence of the \"Monkey Man,\" these timelines create a phantasmagoric pilgrimage through time and space.\u003csup 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