If there's one book you read this year, this is the one! Evocative, scintillating writing, gripping story, memorable characters, this book is an absolute gem. Powerful Thematic Explorations A dystopian story of a middle-class family seeking immigration, and a impoverished family displaced from their habitat, A Guardian and A Thief by celebrated young aithor, Megha Majumdar, weaves the complexity of a not- so distant future where resources will be in the control of a select few. The city of Kolkata of maybe 20 years ahead will look like the one described in the story. Clinging to the shreds of humanism and decency, while being sucked dry by capitalists and administration. You start reading about a woman fiercely protecting her toddler and aged father from hunger and scarcity. They plan to leave to the golden land of plenty - America, where the husband works. The precious visas are made, everything packed, when disaster strikes. On the other end of the spectrum is Boomba...
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