The Wildings
A thrillingly original story of the adventures of a small band of feral cats in Delhi who communicate by whisker mind-link, and face an unprecedented threat to their tribe's survival; for readers of Life of Pi and Philip Pullman.
In the labyrinthine alleys and ruins of Nizamuddin, an old neighbourhood in Delhi, India, lives a small band of cats. Miao, the clan elder, a wise, grave Siamese; Katar, loved by his followers and feared by his enemies; Hulo, the great warrior tom; Beraal, the beautiful queen, swift and deadly when challenged; Southpaw, the kitten whose curiosity can always be counted on to get him into trouble... Unfettered and wild, these and the other members of the tribe fear no one, go…
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January 12, 2016
NILANJANA ROY spent most of her adult life writing about humans before realizing that animals were much more fun;The Wildings is her first novel. She writes a regular column for the Business Standard and the International Herald Tribune, and her fiction and journalism have appeared in several journals and anthologies, including The Caravan,Civil Lines 6, Guernica, the New York Times' India blog,Outlook and Biblio. Some of her stories for children have been published in Scholastic's Spooky Stories, Science Fiction Stories and Be Witched. She is the editor of A Matter of Taste: The Penguin Book of Indian Writing on Food. She lives in Delhi with two cats and her husband.
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