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An edition of In Custody (1984)

In Custody

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The book 'In Custody" , shortlisted for booker prize, is contemplated with various concerning issues of the World specifically India. These themes are status of Urdu Language in India, psychological and sociological elements of Indians and their traditions, the Scheming World , etc. Deven Sharma , a lecturer in a college, is the hero without heroism in the book. Murad and Mr.Jain are specifically the examples of a scheming World. Imtiaz Begum as a new woman, a genuine example of growing Feminism.

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Penguin Books Ltd
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208

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Subjects

Fiction, Social life and customs, Indic Poets, Interviews, Poets, Indic, Short stories in English Indian writers, 1947- - Texts, Fiction, general, India, fiction, Manners and customs

People

Nur, Deven, Murad, Imtiaz Begum, Sarla, Mr. Abid Siddiqui

Places

Delhi, Mirpur

Times

1980s

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1999, Vintage
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August 1, 1994, Penguin Books Ltd
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March 1, 1994, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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In Custody
November 1990, ISIS Audio Books
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1985, Penguin
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1985, Penguin
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In custody
1984, Harper & Row
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In custody
1984, Heinemann
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OL7350946M
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0140238131
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