Tania James's debut novel Atlas of Unknowns was a New York Times Editor's Choice and was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian literature. She has also written the short story collection Aerogrammes, and her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Freeman's- The Future of New Writing, One Story and A Public Space. The Tusk That Did the Damage was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. From 2011 to 2012, Tania James was a Fulbright fellow to India living in New Delhi. She now lives in Washington DC.
[An] epic sweep of a novel, which travels from India to Europe in
the company of a fascinating range of characters...Niftily
constructed, the novel packs in doomed romance, the horrors of
colonialism and palace plots
*Daily Mail*
Strongly recommending this exquisitely crafted and rich historical
story to everyone I know . . . Tania James has created such a
visceral, powerful story that it felt like I was in a time
travelling machine
*Nikita Gill*
Addictively absorbing
*New York Times Book Review*
A real-life object of fascination — an 18th-century automaton
depicting a tiger biting into an Englishman’s neck — is the basis
for this novel...lush with the sights, sounds and smells of India,
France and England, and always laced with Dickensian wit
*Washington Post, *Ten Best Books of the Year**
Loot held me spellbound from the first page. This is an
expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel about war, displacement,
emigration, and an elusive mechanical tiger.
*Maggie O’Farrell*
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