{"product_id":"9780141933030","title":"The Temple-goers","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young man returns home to Delhi after several years abroad and resumes his place among the city's cosmopolitan elite - a world of fashion designers, media moguls and the idle rich. But everything around him has changed - new roads, new restaurants, new money, new crime - everything, that is, except for the people, who are the same, only maybe slightly worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he meets Aakash, a charismatic and unpredictable young man on the make, who introduces him to the squalid underside of this sprawling city. Together they get drunk and work out, visit temples and a prostitute, and our narrator finds himself disturbingly attracted to Aakash's world. But when Aakash is arrested for murder, the two of them are suddenly swept up in a politically sensitive investigation that exposes the true corruption at the heart of this new and ruthless society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a voice that is both cruel and tender, \u003ci\u003eThe Temple-goers\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the dazzling story of a city quietly burning with rage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119842115824,"sku":"9780141933030","price":10.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141933030_p0.jpg?v=1763655814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141933030","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}