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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bZEE/SI
100			_aZeenath Khan
245			_aSIRENS OF SEPTEMBER
250			_a1
260			_aHaryana _bPenguin Books _c2025
300			_g398
500			_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.
650			_aFiction
650			_aNovel
650			_aPartition, and Espionage
650			_aHistorical Fiction
650			_aHyderabad’s Fall, Partition, and a Story of Love, Secrets, and Betrayal
650			_aHistorical Fiction of Hyderabad 1948
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999			_c197097 _d197097