The Hypothetical Bookshelf launches with the talented, award-winning Deepa Anappara. Deepa grew up in Kerala, southern India, and was an award-winning journalist in cities including Mumbai and Delhi. Her debut novel, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, was named as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Guardian, and NPR. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Indian Literature. It has been translated into over twenty languages. Deepa is also the co-editor, with Taymoor Soomro, of Letters to a Writer of Colour, a collection of personal essays on fiction, race, and culture. Her second novel, The Last of Earth, came out earlier this year.

Listen for Deepa's five books, see bookshop.org for links to books discussed.

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