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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK �??Dazzling...Finally free from the book�??s grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked.�?��?? The Washington Post �??Cinematic�?�A luxe thriller�?�As a storyteller, Kapoor is a natural.�?��?? The New York Times "Sensationally good �?? huge, epic, immersive and absorbing ... certain to be a book of the year." �??Lee Child This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It�??s a rich man�??s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold. Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family �?? loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all. In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family�??s ranks. Sunny is the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire. Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence and revenge, will these characters�?? connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction? Equal parts crime thriller and family saga, transporting readers from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the urban energy of New Delhi, Age of Vice is an intoxicating novel of gangsters and lovers, false friendships, forbidden romance, and the consequences of corruption. It is… (more)
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It’s been ages since I read a good crime drama/family saga. Age of Vice certainly fits that bill. The psychology behind powerful family run criminal enterprises, the glitter of vast wealth, the innocent people that get drawn in
Set in India in the early 2000s, the story follows Sunny Wadia, the son of a corrupt businessman, Anjay, a boy who witnessed horrible violence and was then sold into servitude, eventually coming to work for Sunny- constantly at his beck and call, and Neda, a journalist working on a crime story who becomes dazzled by Sunny’s wealth and exciting lifestyle. But when a horrific car crash occurs, it changes the course of their lives in unexpected ways…
This one is a bit hefty, but it is such an absorbing page turner it goes by super-fast. This is, by far, one of the best modern organized crime dramas, I’ve read in ages. This book is definitely worthy of all the buzz and excitement! Can’t wait to read more books by this author!!
A car crash with fatalities upends their lives in unimagined ways with Ajay at the epicenter of prison violence and treachery. Ajay continues to search for his mother and sister who were left behind when he was sold. There is heartbreak in his search.
This is a novel of organized crime in India and also a family saga. India is seen as a multi-layered country with pockets of great poverty and families with generations of wealth and status.
Waaay too long a story. A promising start, in an unfamiliar setting (India) with characters totally outside my sheltered world view. However, by the half-way point, I was becoming confused with the shifting time narratives told
The narrator used different voices for the characters (always good) but I remained irritated throughout not only by the excessive use of the word “says”, but by the narrator mispronouncing it as “saze”.