How to commit a postcolonial murder : a novel / Nina McConigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McConigley, Nina Swamidoss, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mystery--Fiction.

Mystery.

East Indian Americans--Fiction.

East Indian Americans.

Nineteen eighties--Fiction.

Nineteen eighties.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Novels.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustration, plan ; 19 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, 2026.

Summary:

"A bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece's private confession to the reader-she and her sister killed him, and they blame the British."-- Provided by publisher.

"Summer, 1986. The Creel sisters, Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna, welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin--newly arrived from India--into their house in rural Wyoming where they'll all live together. Because this is what families do. That is, until the sisters decide that it's time for their uncle to die. According to Georgie, the British are to blame. And to understand why, you need to hear her story. She details the violence hiding in their house and history, her once-unshakeable bond with Agatha Krishna, and her understanding of herself as an Indian-American in the heart of the West. Her account is, at every turn, cheeky, unflinching, and infectiously inflected with the trappings of teendom, including the magazine quizzes that help her make sense of her life. At its heart, the tale she weaves is: a) a vivid portrait of an extended family, b) a moving story of sisterhood, c) a playful ode to the 80s, d) a murder mystery (of sorts), e) an unexpected and unwaveringly powerful meditation on history and language, trauma and healing, and the meaning of independence. Or maybe it's really: f) all of the above." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9780593702246

0593702247

9798217007035

OCLC:

1482188541