The story is narrated by both Sarita, a Hindu searching for her missing, physicist husband on the eve of Mumbai’s destruction by Pakistan, and Jaz, a gay Muslim looking for his lover. Their search takes them across a nearly deserted Mumbai, where they encounter bands of thugs, party-goers, and religious fanatics gathered to worship the Devi ma, patron goddess of the city. What they find at their journey’s end promises to change both of their lives forever.The City of Devi is an offbeat, dark romance tied up in mythology and suspense in modern day India. It may appeal to readers of apocalyptic fiction, romance, suspense, and literary fiction. But, is not for those who are easily shocked or offended. Similar works might include White Noise by Don DeLillo, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Seketu Mehta, and (at least for me, because it kept coming to mind as I read this book) Dracula by Bram Stoker.
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