First published in English by Penguin Books India, 2014.

The right of Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

ISBN (paperback) 9781911284000

ISBN (ebook) 9781911284017

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Edited by Deborah Smith

Copy-edited by Christopher Riley

Typesetting and ebook production by Simon Collinson

Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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