"Tender yet unsettling, this is a story about hunger-artistic, emotional, existential-and the quiet cost of chasing applause in a restless city."
Description
When Rishi Tripathi, a failed actor, falls through a mirror in an inverted Mumbai, he invites fame like he has never seen before. In this inverted city, he’s a superstar and a critically acclaimed darling. But he soon realizes that success bears a heavy cost. The cruel actions of his doppelganger catch up to him, and he’s forced to find an entity called the Maker of Mirrors to return to his actual city.
But fame is also a drug, and Rishi has become an addict.
Is he truly ready to return and embrace failure?
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Reviews
"At once deeply human and fantastical. Singh explores the nature of reality and identity beautifully in this layered and intricate novel."
"Restless, often funny, but always very human, Slow Burn fuses itself into Mumbai’s heart and soul. Rishi Tripathi is one of the most memorable protagonists in recent Indian fiction-talented but barbed with insecurity and a stubborn refusal to stop dreaming. This is Amal Singh at his finest and most poignant, capturing the city’s machinery of ambition and desires with sharp prose and wonderful observation. In an ocean of contemporary Mumbai novels, this stands tall alongside the best."
"A delightful, Carrolian voyage through Bollywood Bombay by a major voice in Indian SFF."
