In Beautiful Disguises

First paperback edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 246, [4]. Pictorial wraps. Cover design by William Webb.

Signed by Author to title page. "Complimentary copy" inscribed in pen by publisher on half title, else Fine.

Author's debut novel. Winner of a 1999 Betty Trask Award (awarded by Britain's Society of Authors), and an Ian St James Short Story Award. A naïve southern Indian teenage girl who phantasizes about Audrey Hepburn movies runs away from an arranged marriage to Delhi, and enters into the service of Mr Aziz as a maid. "Colourful, spirited and crackling with charm: it's easy to see why Balasubramanyam has already won a Betty Trask prize." –Lisa Darnell, The Guardian