Bombay Tabloid by Kersi Khambatta [Paperback]

Set in 1990s Bombay during a period of economic expansion and urban transformation, Bombay Tabloid follows two estranged brothers, Cyrus Kerman and Rumi Dubash, whose deep-seated grudges fuel a destructive conflict. Their lives intersect with those of a stowaway seeking a new beginning and a Bollywood item girl driven by her own agenda. Against a backdrop of communal violence, terrorism, revenge, and organised crime, the novel explores the city's collision of ambition, glamour, corruption, and underworld brutality.