Three Bargains

A Novel

By: Tania Malik

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Hardcover | 12 September 2014 | Edition Number 1

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368 Pages

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2.43 x 1.65 x 0.3

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For fans of The Kite Runner and Slumdog Millionaire, a rags to riches epic.

By the banks of the River Yamuna in northern India, where rice paddies of basmati merge into fields of sugarcane, twelve-year-old Madan arrives with his family in the factory town of Gorapur. Madan's father, drunk and abusive, threatens the family's already tenuous, lowly position in Gorapur, finally committing an unforgivable crime. But when Madan's sharp mind and hardened determination catch the attention of Avtaar Singh, his father's employer and the most powerful man in town, everything seems to change for Madan and for his family. Avtaar Singh becomes a father to Madan in every way except in blood.

In his journey from impoverished boy to powerful man, Madan will have to bargain for his life and for the lives of those he loves. A novel about fathers and sons, the ties that bind, and the barriers of class that even love cannot break, The Three Bargains is a stunning debut.

Industry Reviews

"Touching and deeply researched... An impressive feat of storytelling." -- Thomas Chatterton Williams - San Francisco Chronicle "An impressive first novel." -- Georgia Rowe - San Jose Mercury News "Madan's is an adventure well worth joining." -- Anne Morris - Dallas Morning News "Mesmerizing prose [and] heart-stopping action ... both honest and astounding." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review "The kind of novel one sinks into, forgetting everything but the story." -- Peggy Payne, author of Sister India "A dazzling page-turner of heartbreak and hope." -- Ellen Feldman, author of The Unwitting "Three Bargains brought back the dimly remembered pleasure of being swept up in the fast, deep waters of a great tale. Richly textured and morally nuanced." -- Debra Dean, author of The Mirrored World "Such a beautifully written book, full of moving, honest, indelible characters that make you hate to leave them by the end-an astonishing debut! Reading Malik's first novel reminded me of encountering Toni Morrison and Louise Erdrich's early fiction-you already see the promise of genius there." -- Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife

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