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Bunker 13

Bunker 13

by Aniruddha Bahal (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

    $4.34
Synopsis

Guns, drugs, sex and espionage in Kashmir: a novel that does for this generation what Catch 22 and Trainspotting did for theirs. Minty Mehta (a.k.a. MM) likes to play dangerously. When shooting a documentary in Kashmir about the Indian army and their conflict with the Pakistanis, he likes to indulge in a spot of parachute-jumping with Major Rodrigues, doubling the thrill with a snort of amphetamine or Lady -H on the way down. Even when a Sikh officer dies on a jump it doesn't deter them from their headlong pursuit of hedonism; but it soon becomes clear MM doesn't really trust Rodrigues, for reasons that will become apparent after a raid on a village which offers shelter to the Muslims. At Bunker 13 a massacre of civilians occurs along with the quarry but what lands in the Indian officers' possession is some very re-saleable military hardware and 100kg of the finest grade heroin you can find.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 293
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 05 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0571217400
ISBN 13: 9780571217403

Media Reviews
A vividly created milieu is the key factor in the success of this arresting literary thriller. Minty Mehta is a journalist who has just approached the Indian army with a view to going undercover in the disputed zone of Kashmir, seemingly to chart the army's activities there. Once there, he becomes involved in a game of risk with one Major Rodrigues - with each challenge becoming just that bit more dangerous. Thrown into the mix is 100kg of the finest heroin, Minty's affair with his boss' daughter, his ever-rising consumption of narcotics, and some unpleasant characters who just won't leave him alone. Aniruddha Bahal works as an undercover journalist in India and is best known for his expos of the corrupt arms procurement of the Indian government.
Author Bio
Co-founder and CEO of Tehelka.com, Aniruddha Bahal is a journalist who has worked for publications including India Today and Outlook in India. He is best-known for 'Operation Westend', an undercover documentary on corruption in defence procurement in India, and his investigations into match-fixing in international cricket. He lives in Noida, near New Delhi.