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Reviews
The book is a story of a small band of cats that live in the alleys, ruins and by-lanes of Nizamuddin in Delhi. There is Miao the clan elder, the wise one, a Siamese, almost like good old Gandalf. We then have Katar, a cat loved by his followers and most feared by his enemies. The one who probably sees logic and yet a short-temper is what surrounds him most times. There is the warrior tom-cat called Hulo, the Queen Beraal, who is known to be deadly and has a heart of gold, and Southpaw the young one in the lot, the kitten who always gets into trouble. There are more cats that live in the area and collectively work on the outside cats and inside cats principle, which is marvellously explained in the book.
Their peaceful existence seems to be threatened by a young and powerful Sender (who is but just a kitten, younger than Southpaw) Mara, who is an inside cat. She lives with humans, who are referred to by the cats as Bigfeet. From there on their lives not only intersect but also change drastically, with a whole bunch of adventures thrown in and other animals soon join the scene. The cats will enter your heart stealthily and you will start feeling for them and you wont even realize that that has happened.Description
The Wildings is a beautiful book in every way. Beautifully written, beautifully illustrated and beautifully designed.The Hindu
A superlative achievement that cuts across genres and far exceeds its own hype.The Sunday Guardian
[The Wildings] is a novel for all seasons and all ages.India Today
The Wildings is, before anything else, a terrific adventure with a fine cast of characters.Tehelka
The Wildings is a page-turner and a charming read.DNA
Gripping, humorous and truly immersive, it is well worth a sequel.The Sunday Indian
The Wildings is the creation of a fully formed imaginative world that carries great allegorical resonance.Open Magazine
Roy has given us a hair-raising read that wears its print proudly: an entrancing fable in the tradition of The Rats of N.I.M.H. and Watership Down.Mumbai Boss
With The Wildings, Nilanjana Roy has moved up yet another notch, embracing that final frontierthat of a writer in the finest imaginative tradition. ... The Wildings is an excellent and assured first novel.Outlook
With its visceral descriptions and complete characters [The Wildings] can send the readers imagination racing.The Financial Express
There are powerful themes to engage the reader and epic wars between feline clans that are allegories of the power of good over evil, of friendship and loss and revenge. The Wildings is an epic tale of cats.Deccan Chronicle .ISBN - 9788192328096
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Pages : 312
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