01428nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005803700400007604100120011608200140012810000170014224500240015925000060018326000330018930000080022250007630023065000120099365000100100565000290101565000230104465000780106765000410114520251126123728.0251126b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780143471608  cPurchasednPrism Books, Kadavanthra  aEnglish  aFbZEE/SI  aZeenath Khan  aSIRENS OF SEPTEMBER  a1  aHaryanabPenguin Booksc2025  g398  aA sweeping historical coming-of-age novel set against India’s 1948 takeover of Hyderabad, The Sirens of September shifts between the palaces of princely Hyderabad, the refugee camps of post-Partition Bombay, army command rooms and the seedy lanes of London’s Piccadilly. Farishteh Ali Khan, an aristocratic teenager who enjoys a gilded existence, tumbles into a web of international espionage, political intrigue and dark family secrets. A few chance meetings between her and an air force pilot, Saleem El Edroos, lead to them striking up a long-distance courtship. When Hyderabad falls, the new regime makes the Ali Khans and the Edrooses answer for their old loyalties. The one person who can come to their aid can also tear Farishteh’s family apart.  aFiction  aNovel  aPartition, and Espionage  aHistorical Fiction  aHyderabad’s Fall, Partition, and a Story of Love, Secrets, and Betrayal  aHistorical Fiction of Hyderabad 1948