Age of Vice

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Age of Vice
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Author Deepti Kapoor
LanguageEnglish
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
January 3, 2023

Age of Vice is a novel by Deepti Kapoor which was published on January 3, 2023 by HarperCollins. [1]

Contents

Plot

The novel is set in Delhi. It begins with a car crash caused by a wealthy man in New Delhi in 2004 which killed five people who sleeping on the road. Ajay, the man driving, was sent to jail and then he was attacked. [2]

Critical reception and reviews

Ron Charles of The Washington Post wrote "The most dazzling explosions to herald 2023 come from Deepti Kapoor’s novel “Age of Vice.”", [3] Vandana Menon of ThePrint wrote "Age of Vice, is a hit even before its release." [4] Sahana Hegde of Scroll.in wrote "I think Age of Vice is best described as a perfectly good book that only disappoints because you can so clearly see how it could have been a great one." [5] Karthik Shankar of Live Mint wrote "Deepti Kapoor’s compulsively readable novel, ‘Age Of Vice’, is a gripping saga of wealth and violence" [6] and Sanjay Sipahimalani of Moneycontrol wrote "Age of Vice, then, is an exhilaratingly ambitious novel that uses the conventions of a thriller to comment on ugly Indian realities arising from systemic inequality and all-pervasive backroom cronyism.". [7]

The book has been also reviewed by Dwight Garner of The New York Times , [8] Lorraine Berry of the Los Angeles Times , [9] Susie Goldsbrough of The Times [10] and Jake Arnott of The Guardian . [11]

Barbara VanDenburgh of USA Today listed it in "5 new must-read books this week". [12] The book was selected as Good Morning America Book Club pick for January. [13]

References

  1. Kapoor, Deepti (2023-01-03). Age of Vice. HarperCollins Canada. ISBN   978-1-4434-6205-1.
  2. Simon, Scott. "Deepti Kapoor on her new novel 'Age of Vice'". National Public Radio .
  3. Charles, Ron. "Deepti Kapoor's thriller 'Age of Vice' starts 2023 with a bang". The Washington Post .
  4. Menon, Vandana (2023-01-07). "Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice is about Delhi's Gatsbys but it's making waves in Western capitals". ThePrint . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  5. Hegde, Sahana (24 December 2022). "'Age of Vice': Nothing good happens in this novel of power and corruption, and that's a good thing". Scroll.in . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. Shankar, Karthik (2023-01-21). "Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor: A ruthless world of sons and godfathers". Live Mint . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. Sipahimalani, Sanjay. "Age of Vice book review: A novel for Kalyug". Moneycontrol . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. Garner, Dwight (2023-01-05). "'Age of Vice': A Lush Thriller Dives Into New Delhi's Underworld". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  9. Berry, Lorraine (2023-01-03). "A hot new Indian gangster novel thrills and dazzles. It could have done so much more". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  10. Goldsbrough, Susie. "Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor review — it's Succession set in Delhi". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  11. Arnott, Jake (2022-12-22). "Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor review – India's answer to The Godfather". The Guardian . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  12. VanDenburgh, Barbara. "Deepti Kapoor's 'Age of Vice,' Rachel Hawkins' 'The Villa': 5 new must-read books this week". USA Today . Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  13. Yamada, Haley. "'Age of Vice' by Deepti Kapoor is our 'GMA' Book Club pick for January". Good Morning America . Retrieved 2023-01-24.