Anita Desai, 'In Custody'Vintage | ISBN: 0749394110 | 1999 | PDF | 234 pages | 2.89 MB
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.