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Power Corrupts in ‘Age of Vice’
DEEPTI KAPOOR grew up in northern India and formerly worked as a journalist in New Delhi. Her debut novel, A Bad Character was shortlisted for the 2015 Prix Medicis literary award.
Her latest novel Age of Vice is a tale of gangsters, forbidden love, greed and the consequences of corruption. As AKINA HANSEN writes, it’s a compelling crime novel that looks at injustice and inequality.
As a child, Deepti Kapoor spent her summers visiting her grandmother in ...
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Joanna Jenkins grew up on a small farm in country Queensland. After graduating from the University of Queensland ...
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KATE FORSYTH is one of Australia’s most beloved authors who weaves her tales around her passion for stories and ...
In June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least 20 Oombulgurri people at Forrest ...
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