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Eve JACKSON

A modern-day Jane Austin meets The Indian 'Godfather'

India Eve Jackson Natasha Brown Britain Corruption
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One of our guests has written an epic novel described as India's answer to "The Godfather". The other wrote one of the most talked-about debuts of the moment, which manages to say all there is to say about Britain today. Natasha Brown, author of "Assembly", and "Age of Vice" writer Deepti Kapoor, speak to Eve Jackson about the grind of everyday prejudice, separating questions of race from questions of class and how stories of vice and corruption in India speak to global audiences.

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