A Burning: Read with Jenna Pick: Novel in Bloomington, MN

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• A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary"  (
USA Today
) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise
—
to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies
and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely
an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor
has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear.
Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines,
A Burning
is an electrifying debut.