Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

In the HIndu calendar it is known as the Age of Vice and for the Wadia family power and excess become their mantra. Sunny is caught between wanting to impress his abusive father, do the right thing and impress his journalist girlfriend as well as save Ajay the young man pulled out of poverty to serve the family. A horrible accident takes multiple lives and protects the guilty sending loyal Ajay to go to prison as proxy. Sunny deals with the guilt and nightmares in oblivion from excessive amounts of alcohol and drugs. Neda tries to reconcile her ideals and writing with the reality of the city and her involvement with Sunny. The Indian equivalent of THE GODFATHER, this gangster saga has all the corruption and violence you would expect plus themes of family, loyalty, loss of innocence and search for redemption you would not expect. An excess of everything that eventually will create a bonfire and take all the players down with it. This will appeal to readers of crime that take place outside the U.S. also fans of SHANTARAM . 
​4 stars