"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 peop
le dead\, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan\,
a bright\, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty
\, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment
on Facebook. PT Sir\, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high sch
ool\, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party\, and his o
wn ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely\, a spirited
\, impoverished\, relentlessly optimistic hjira\, who harbors dreams of be
coming a Bollywood star\, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free-
-but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will c
hange the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate\, power\, oppor
tunity\, and class\; about innocence and guilt\, betrayal and love\, and t
he corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as trut
hs--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency\, haunting
and beautiful\, brutal\, vibrant\, impossible to forget"-- Provided by pu
blisher.