{"product_id":"9780547731681","title":"The Thing About Thugs","description":"\u003cb\u003eA subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man’s misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London’s underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the “thug.” With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels a ghostly people call home, \u003ci\u003eThe Thing about Thugs\u003c\/i\u003e is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly Victorian role reversal marks the arrival of a compelling new Indian novelist to North America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123899252976,"sku":"9780547731681","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547731681_p0.jpg?v=1763716421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547731681","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}