num_pages: 204
description: Meek and self-effacing, Deven is resigned to his life as a lecturer in an obscure college in Mirpore. When, unexpectadely, an old friend Murad, invites him to go to Delhi to interview the greatest living Urdu poet, Deven sees a chance both to achieve fame and to fulfil his dreams.
language: English
title: In Custody
titlecomplete: In Custody
genres: Asia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Indian Literature, Literature, India, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1882
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd