Socialite Evenings

A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her-neurotic man-hungry Anjali gorgeous vivacious Ritu high-profile editor Varun with a penchant for young boys Krish the pretentious adman whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous astute and utterly riveting Shobhaa Dé's first novel Socialite Evenings laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever. About the Author Shobhaa De voted by Reader's Digest as one of 'India's Most Trusted People' and one of the '50 Most Powerful Women in India'by Daily News and Analysis is one of India's higest-selling authors and a popular social commentator. Her works comprising both fiction and non-fiction have been featured in comparative literature courses at universities abroad and in India. Her writing has been transalated into many languages as well as French GermanHungarian Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish and Turkish. She lives in Mumbai with her husband and six children.