Animal’s People

Synopsis

Ever since That Night, the residents of Khaufpur have lived a perilous existence. Their world is poisoned. Nobody has received compensation or help for the chemical leak, least of all Animal, as he is known, whose spine twisted at a young age, leaving him to walk on all fours. Though he inhabits a dark kind of half-life, he knows what love is. He has long harboured feelings for his friend Nisha but since she is enamoured of his friend Zafar he cannot even allow himself to hope. When Elli Barber arrives, an ‘Amrikan’ keen to set up a free clinic to help the victims of the disaster, deep suspicion arises amongst the community. Animal resolves to turn the situation to his advantage and starts to investigate Ellie’s motives.

Author Biography

Indra Sinha was born in India and spent his childhood in Bombay, Hyderabad and Rajasthan.  As a top copywriter for Collett Dickenson Pearce he won awards in every major advertising show.  His previous work, The Cybergypsies, met with widespread critical acclaim and he is now a full time writer, living in France with his family.  Disturbing, entertaining and full of truths about the human dilemma, Indra Sinha’s second novel is as original as his first.