A Guardian and a Thief
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026
$21.25
- Paperback
244 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2027
Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 A GUARDIAN ‘BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026’ SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK *TIME* MUST-READ BOOK WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE
‘Majumdar evades the narrative clunkiness that inevitably attends attempts to ex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398551688 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398551686 |
| Author: | Megha Majumdar |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scribner UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 244 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 198mm |

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Megha Majumdar
Megha Majumdar is the author of two bestselling novels. Her debut novel, A Burning, was longlisted for the US National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, among other honours. Her second novel, A Guardian and a Thief, is longlisted for the Women’s Prize, an Oprah’s Book Club Pick, winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, a finalist for the US National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
Majumdar has received a Whiting Award, as well as fellowships from Civitella Ranieri and the Hawthornden Foundation. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, she now lives in New York.
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