MISS LAILA ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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.