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Courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf and Marco Giugliarelli
The novel “A Guardian and a Thief” is set in Kolkata, India, in the near future, where famine and flooding are rampant. One family’s possibility of escape is imperiled when their passports are stolen.
The book is a finalist for the National Book Award. It’s also this month’s Oprah Book Club selection.
Host Jane Clayson speaks with author Megha Majumdar.
Book excerpt: ‘A Guardian and a Thief’
By Megha Majumdar
Excerpted from “A Guardian and A Thief” by Megha Majumdar. Published October 2025 by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2025 by Megha Majumdar.
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