Yes, there is humor, mostly dark, but it’s so much more. What surprised me was the depth of the story. This same reputation leads other women to come to her looking to get rid of their own no good husbands. The village mostly steers clear of her, given her reputation as an evil woman, a witch. She didn’t kill him, but everyone thinks she did. Geeta’s abusive husband ran off five years ago. Dimensions: 9.51in - 6.36in - 1.19in - 1.From the description, I expected The Bandit Queens to be a mostly humorous novel about an outcast Indian woman.Filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry and witty women, Parini Shroff's The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor and heart that readers won't soon forget Book Details What happens next sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything, not just for Geeta, but for all the women in their village. With Geeta's dangerous reputation becoming a double-edged sword, she has to find a way to protect the life she's built-but even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because now other women are asking for her "expertise," making her an unwitting consultant for husband disposal. It's even been good for business no one dares to not buy her jewelry.
No one messes with her, harasses her, or tries to control ( ahem, marry) her. It turns out that being known as a "self-made" widow comes with some perks. But in her remote village in India, rumor has it that Geeta killed him. As in, she actually lost him-he walked out on her and she has no idea where he is. The Bandit Queens is tender, unpredictable, and brimming with laugh-out-loud moments."-Téa Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife Five years ago, Geeta lost her no-good husband.
"Shroff captures the complexity of female friendship with acuity, wit, and a certain kind of magic irreverence.
A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful-until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands-in this razor-sharp debut.
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