![]() ![]() The pages do indeed fly, but this character's lineage adds delicious weight to the proceedings, for Perveen is based on Cornelia Sorabji, the only female lawyer in 1920s Bombay. Perveen Mistry has all the pluck you want in a sleuthing lawyer, as well as a not-so-surprising – but decidedly welcome – proclivity for poking her nose into the business of others. And reading a work such as The Widows of Malabar Hill, Sujata Massey's 13th novel and the first in the Mystery of 1920s Bombay series, is a good reminder that some women have had to travel much further than others to reach a point where they can even discuss equal rights – and that going backward is not an option. Soho Press, 400 pages, $33.95In the current climate of #MeToo, it has become clear that there is a power imbalance between the sexes and that achieving legitimate gender equality is still an uphill battle. ![]()
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