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Deepti Kapoor grew up in northern India and worked for several years as a journalist in New Delhi. The author of the novel Bad Character, she lives in Portugal with her husband.
Age of Vice is a good old-fashioned gangster story, impossible to put down. It's a novel garlanded with Shakespearean flourishes-star-crossed lovers, secret identities, complicated conspiracies-exploring timeless questions of family, loyalty, and fate -- Rumaan Alam, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND This is a masterpiece. Age of Vice is epic but intimate, its glittering, sharp scenes building into an astonishing geometry. It is an unforgettable story of corruption and excess, of ruthless power and the will to fight back -- Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of NORTHERN SPY This book. This epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking book is one of the best I've read -- Marlon James, Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING Sensationally good - huge, epic, immersive and absorbing ... certain to be a book of the year -- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the JACK REACHER series Kapoor's violent and bitter story is deeply addictive; this spellbinder would be easy to devour in one big gulp, but it's worth savoring for Neda's uncompromising take on what she terms India's losing age, the age of vice. The author possesses a talent great enough to match the massive scope of her subject. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Opening in medias res from this tragedy, Kapoor spins a dizzying ride, painting an India where money is the only religion . . . Weaving the backstories of Ajay, Neda, and Sunny together, Kapoor's frenetic and colourful novel highlights the new global pecking order, one forged by capitalism, in which the rich always win. In the age of vice, as Neha says, the wheel will keep turning toward the dissolution that will swallow us all. But as this gripping tale shows, even the weakest deserve one last gasp of dignity' -- Poornima Apte * Booklist, starred review * The book has all the energy of a high-concept crime thriller . . . Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga of organised crime that could be India's answer to The Godfather . . . Not so much a slow burn as a constantly sparking fuse . . . Age of Vice certainly does not disappoint as a commercial crime thriller . . . but it deserves literary plaudits as well, for its depth and relevance, and for proving once more that the novel remains the supreme medium of long-form narrative drama for us to binge upon -- Jake Arnott * Guardian * The most dazzling explosions to herald 2023 come from Deepti Kapoor's novel Age of Vice . . . For days, I was torn between gorging or rationing out the chapters to make them last. Finally free from the book's grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked . . . I have only one word of advice: Hurry' -- Washington Post * Ron Charles * Impossible to put down; Kapoor is the real thing -- Library Journal (starred review) * David Keymer * Kapoor's prose is electric and her characterisation subline . . . Complex, thought-provoking and cinematic in pace and scope * Woman&Home * Sensationally good - huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year * Lee Child *
