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Abir Mukherjee in conversation with Sanjida O’Connell

Revealing the motivation to reveal the sometimes hidden stories of the British Empire through his detective crime fiction. This conversation took place in 2020 and Abir's fifth book, The Shadows of Men, has since been completed and published.
19th October, 2022
' Why weren’t we looking at the colonial period? Why weren’t we looking at the actions that were done in the names of our forefathers?'
Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee is an author of crime novels.

Sanjida O’Connell

Sanjida O’Connell

Dr Sanjida O’Connell has written four non-fiction books and eight novels.

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