Nina McConigley

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

Sprachen: Englisch. 23,3 cm / 15,2 cm / 1,9 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 224 Seiten
EAN 9780349725369
Veröffentlicht Januar 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Little, Brown Book Group
20,00 inkl. MwSt.
Teilen
Beschreibung

'Even better than I could have imagined . . . [it] takes all the expected stories about growing up Indian American, slices them open with razor-sharp wit, and turns them inside out' CELESTE NG, author of OUR MISSING HEARTS 'Nina McConigley is a true original . . . Heart-mending and heart-breaking - as only the truth can be' TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE 'A fierce and marvelous book with an utterly unique, brightly burning lifeforce' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD, author of GREAT CIRCLE Georgie and Agatha Krishna killed their uncle, and they blame the British. Summer, 1986. The tween 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. It's one of violence hiding in their house and history, of her once-unshakeable bond with her sister, of being an Indian-American girl in the heart of the West. Her account is cheeky, unflinching and infectiously inflected with the trappings of teendom: pen pal letters, how-to guides, games of MASH and teen-magazine-style quizzes that promise to make sense of their lives. And the tale she weaves is either: 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) a ruthless meditation on history and language, trauma and healing, and the meaning of independence Or maybe it's really: f) all of the above. 'I fell in love with McConigley's fierce, wry narrator Georgie Ayyar from the first page and couldn't stop reading. A powerful, groundbreaking book' JESSAMINE CHAN, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS 'Inventive and captivating . . . Full of heart and soul, this is a knockout work that deftly tackles the complex bonds of friendship and family' AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL, author of WORLD OF WONDERS 'Spirited and witty, stylish and audacious' MEGHA MAJUMDAR, author of A BURNING

Portrait

Nina McConigley

Hersteller
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1

DE - 36244 Bad Hersfeld

E-Mail: gpsr@libri.de

Das könnte Sie auch interessieren

Sebastian Fitzek
Der Nachbar
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
25,00
Freida McFadden
Der Freund - Ist er dein Traumpartner oder ...
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
17,00
Nelio Biedermann
Lázár
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Simon Beckett
Knochenkälte
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
26,00
Rita Falk
Apfelstrudel-Alibi
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
18,00
Dan Brown
The Secret of Secrets
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
32,00
Ferdinand von Schirach
Der stille Freund
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
22,00
Susanne Abel
Du musst meine Hand fester halten, Nr. 104
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Dorothee Elmiger
Die Holländerinnen
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
23,00
Rachel Reid
Heated Rivalry
Buch (Softcover)
Lieferbar innerhalb von 1-2 Wochen
20,00
Lisa Ridzén
Wenn die Kraniche nach Süden ziehen
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Linus Geschke
Das Camp
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
17,00
Takis Würger
Für Polina
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
26,00
Charlotte Link
Dunkles Wasser
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
17,00
Lucinda Riley
Das Mädchen aus Yorkshire
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
13,00
Sarah Sprinz
Dunbridge Academy - Wherever
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
16,90
Freida McFadden
Die Psychiaterin - Wurde ihr der Job zum Ve...
Buch (Softcover)
Vorbestellbar
17,00
Siri Hustvedt
Ghost Stories
Buch (Hardcover)
Lieferbar innerhalb von 3 Wochen
25,00
Miriam Georg
Die Verlorene
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Leandra Seyfried
Tricking A Bad Boy (Sons of Chicago 1)
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
17,00
Gaea Schoeters
Das Geschenk
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
22,00
Coco Mellors
Blue Sisters
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
17,00
Elizabeth George
Wer Zwietracht sät
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
28,00
Hannah Grace
Icebreaker
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
16,00
Beatrix Gerstberger
Die Hummerfrauen
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
22,00
Andreas Pflüger
Kälter
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
25,00
Clare Leslie Hall
Eines Tages für immer
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
14,00
Liz Moore
Der Gott des Waldes
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
26,00
Isabel Allende
Mein Name ist Emilia del Valle
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
28,00
Martin Suter
Können Sie mich sehen?
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
26,00
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Die Schwestern
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
26,00
Nussaibah Younis
fundamentalös
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Libby Page
Das Jahr voller Bücher und Wunder
Buch (Softcover)
Sofort lieferbar
14,00
Hayley Gelfuso
Das Buch der verlorenen Stunden
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
23,00
Trude Teige
Wir sehen uns wieder am Meer
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00
Svenja Leiber
Nelka
Buch (Hardcover)
Sofort lieferbar
24,00