The Bandit Queens: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
Paperback Published on: 01/02/2024
Price: £9.99
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A revenge thriller you won't soon forget.
Gritty, twisted, poignant and quick witted, Bandit Queens is a compelling exploration of the caste system and treatment of women in contemporary India.
“The female of the species is more deadly than the male”?
A dark exploration of friendship, marital inequality and the caste system in rural India written with humour and compassion. Geeta’s husband has mysterious... READ MORE
There's a lot more to this book than meets the eye - do not let it deceive you!
Sharp, surprising and compulsively readable, Parini Shroff's striking debut novel is a darkly comic feminist revenge thriller. Rumours have run rife in a t... READ MORE
An excellent feminist revenge thriller - great fun and great characters!!
Geeta has become a pariah in her Indian village after the disappearence of her husband, whom she is assumed to have killed. Feeling safer - as a woman liv... READ MORE
Darkly Delicious and Hilariously Twisted
Geeta's husband left years ago. Everyone in the village thinks Geeta murdered him and she accrues a fearsome reputation over time. When one of the women in... READ MORE
An excellent debut
I really enjoyed Bandit Queens. I found it very easy to pick up throughout, and I read it really quickly. I thought Shroff did an excellent job at mixing t... READ MORE
Feminist, fierce, funny and fast-paced
‘The Bandit Queens’ is a fierce, fast-paced feminist revenge thriller where the phrase ‘I could kill him!’ is taken literally. Set in rural India, the read... READ MORE
Synopsis
For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife.
Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.
Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 9781838957179
- Number of pages: 416
- Dimensions: 204 x 130 x 27 mm
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allNovel set in INDIA
This is such a competently put together novel and very evocative of India.
Geeta’s abusive husband, Ramesh, disappeared 5 years ago and everyone is of the... READ MORE
Dark comedy at it's finest
This is exceptionally well written, with strong interesting and well paced plot. The characters are extremely well rounded and I enjoyed discovering more a... READ MORE
A story with and end worth waiting for!
Parini Shroff has crafted an intelligently written novel that captures the spirit and gritty realities of the poorer parts of India; poverty hunger, domest... READ MORE
Funny Read
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
This is a funny read, certainly laugh out loud in places, and all the way through you are wondering... READ MORE
Dark Humour at its best
I loved this book and found it hard to put down. The combination of serious issues such as gender violence; domestic abuse; poverty and the injustices of t... READ MORE
Is she a widow or isn't she?
Getta is a widow, or is she? The rumor in the small village gives her a perceived persona of a brazen murderer. And it is that reputation that is at the ce... READ MORE
Hilarious, dark and brilliantly scripted
I loved this book! I was very lucky to have been able to spend six months in a small village in Southern India a couple of years ago, and this read took me... READ MORE
A Glimpse into Female Empowerment
"The Bandit Queens" by Parini Shroff is a compelling novel that sheds light on the lives of women in India who defy societal norms and expectations to carv... READ MORE
Exploring tradition, culture, castes and fierce women
I loved this book, exploring the layers of tradition and culture of women in India. Geeta and her friends feel so real, and at points it's heartbreaking, s... READ MORE
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Geeta’s husband, Ramesh, disappeared five years ago from their small village in India and hasn’t been seen since. The rumour being that Geeta killed him an... READ MORE
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