GK
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Anita Desai
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Vikram Seth
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Shoba De
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V.S. Naipaul
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Anita Desai. Anita Desai has written the novel ‘In Custody’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Desai published her first novel, Cry The Peacock, in 1963. In 1958 she collaborated with P. Lal and founded the publishing firm Writers Workshop. She considers Clear Light of Day (1980) her most autobiographical work as it is set during her coming of age and also in the same neighborhood in which she grew up.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Custody is a novel written in the year 1984 by a renowned Indian-American author Anita Desai. The book is about searching for identity and meaning in life. In the first chapter, the audience is introduced to a young man named Deven Sharma, who feels dissatisfied with his life and wallows in his sense of failure.