{"product_id":"a-bad-character","title":"A Bad Character","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly acclaimed story of a young woman in New Dehli, and the love that both shatters and forever changes her\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eoffering an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a dangerous, exhilarating city. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Searing.... I\u003cb\u003entoxicating.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur narrator is \"twenty and untouched\" when her mother dies. Sent by her absentee father to live with a relative in a modest New Delhi apartment, she is ill-equipped to resist the allure of the rich and rebellious young man who approaches her one day at a cafe. He is a few years older, and from a different social class, but they both yearn to break free of tradition. As they drive around Delhi--eating, making love, falling apart--he introduces her to an India that she never knew existed, and will never be able to forget. Told in a voice at once gritty and lyrical, A\u003ci\u003e Bad Character\u003c\/i\u003e is an astounding book.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48098709766333,"sku":"BS-TC0-171335","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780804171335-HD.jpg?v=1787002244","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/a-bad-character","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}