Deviants

<''Compulsive and wrenching ... Bhattacharya has written the epic text for the South Asian queer community that the characters in this book long to find'' Sarvat Hasin, author of
''There is an epic confidence to Bhattacharya''s writing'' Samira Ahmed

''It''s magnificent: funny, melancholic, sharply true. The force of it crept up on me in a brilliantly subtle way'' James Cahill, author of

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF

Vivaan, a teenager in India''s silicon plateau, has discovered love on his smartphone. Intoxicating, boundary-breaking love. His parents know he is gay, and their support is something Vivaan can count on, but they don''t know what exactly their son gets up to in the online world.

For his uncle, born thirty years earlier, things were very different. Mambro''s life changed forever when he fell for a male classmate at a time, and in a country, where the persecution of gay people was rife under a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality.

And before that was Mambro''s uncle Sukumar, a young man hopelessly in love with another young man, but forced by social taboos to keep their relationship a secret at all costs. Sukumar would never live the life he yearned for, but his story would ignite and inspire his nephew and grand-nephew after him.

Bold and bracing, intimate and heartbreaking,
''Bhattacharya''s storytelling talents are limitless'' Nikesh Shukla, praise for< One Small Voice<

A joy to read, a full universe of feeling ... A born storyteller'' Max Porter, praise for <>...

About the author

Santanu Bhattacharya

Product details

• Authors: Santanu Bhattacharya
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 22.01.2026
• EAN: 9781405968393
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-6839-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, India, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Of specific Gay interest, Relating to gay people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion, FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural