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Wicked Games

Wicked Games

Arjun Krishna Lal
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They think they’re invincible. After seventeen very ordinary years of life in small-town America, Amit Pillai suddenly finds himself on a red-eye flight to Kerala. An NRI, he is forced to join the posh Ananthapuri International School, the only school in town that accepts ‘soft boys’ like him. But this Kerala is faux Americana where it’s all loud music and lined pockets, and there is never enough time to stop and look around. Amit quickly discovers that life here is anything but soft. Struggling with love and identity, he is never quite sure where to draw the line, when his fragile existence at school is rocked by a series of shocking events. What have they done? What are the consequences? And can they live with them? A roller-coaster ride through the real-time experiences of an Indian teenager, Wicked Games is contemporary school life told like never before.

Imprint: Inked

Published: Jul/2014

ISBN: 9780143333203

Length : 352 Pages

MRP : ₹250.00

Wicked Games

Arjun Krishna Lal

They think they’re invincible. After seventeen very ordinary years of life in small-town America, Amit Pillai suddenly finds himself on a red-eye flight to Kerala. An NRI, he is forced to join the posh Ananthapuri International School, the only school in town that accepts ‘soft boys’ like him. But this Kerala is faux Americana where it’s all loud music and lined pockets, and there is never enough time to stop and look around. Amit quickly discovers that life here is anything but soft. Struggling with love and identity, he is never quite sure where to draw the line, when his fragile existence at school is rocked by a series of shocking events. What have they done? What are the consequences? And can they live with them? A roller-coaster ride through the real-time experiences of an Indian teenager, Wicked Games is contemporary school life told like never before.

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Arjun Krishna Lal

Arjun Krishna Lal was born in Trivandrum, but was brought up in the small town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the US. He delved into his cultural experience of returning to India as a high schooler while writing Wicked Games. Arjun studied journalism and currently runs a B2B corporate communications business. He loves to travel and play video games in his free time.

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