Djinn patrol on the purple line : a novel

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If I'd known what this was before I started it, I think I would have thought about it differently. It is a fine creation. But, as I read it, I thought that this wasn't much of a mystery, it wasn't made to be soluble, but that the setting was exotic and the children's characters and dialogue were unusually entertaining. Then the tragic ending surprised me.

The author's afterward specifically states that he wrote a fictionalized account of a common problem in Indian slums and that he specifically created the children's characters to reflect those of the poor children he had encountered in India: cheeky, funny, and impatient. Also, this book has a glossary of Indian terms at the end. Since I was reading an e-book, I didn't realize that the glossary was there. I guess I was an idiot.