Gods and Ends

Gods and Ends is the debut novel by writer Lindsay Pereira. It was published by Penguin Random House India in March 2021. Set in Orlem, Malad, a suburb of Mumbai populated by a large Roman Catholic community, it takes up multiple threads of individual stories to create a larger picture of darkness beneath a seemingly placid surface. It is described as a book about invisible people in a city of millions, and the claustrophobia they rarely manage to escape from.

The title is a reference to people who are twice marginalized—for being a minority community and living in a small, lesser-known part of a large suburb. The novel was described by The Hindu as "a stark and fearless portrayal of the Roman Catholic community in the Bombay of yore." The publication Firstpost described it as "stark in its simplicity," adding that the writer "uses dialogue and narration with good effect, giving each character enough space to tell their story." The newspaper Mid Day said "Pereira’s chronicling subtly encapsulates their eccentricities, including the diction and acerbic humour, all of which will resonate with not just Bombaywallahs."

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