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Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws lies a jumble of tin-roofed homes where nine-year-old Jai lives with his family. Jai drools outside sweet shops, watches too many reality police shows, and considers himself to be smarter than his friends, Pari and Faiz. When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be his assistants, and together they draw up lists of people to interview and places to visit.

Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. The start of a more inclusive conversation about storytelling, Letters to a Writer of Color will be a touchstone for aspiring and working writers and for curious readers everywhere.

En Inde, 180 enfants disparaissent tous les jours... À 9 ans, Jai regarde un peu trop de séries policières et se croit beaucoup plus futé que ses amis Pari et Faiz. Tous trois vivent avec leurs familles dans une mégalopole indienne noyée dans le smog, entre la décharge et les allées grouillantes du Bhoot Bazar.

Jai schaut zu viele Polizei-Dokus, denkt, er sei klüger als Pari (obwohl die immer die besseren Noten bekommt) und hält sich für einen besseren Anführer als Faiz (obwohl Faiz derjenige mit einem echten Job ist). Als ein Junge aus ihrer Klasse verschwindet, wagen sich die Freunde in den verwinkelten Bhoot-Basar und immer weiter hinaus in die verbotenen Viertel der Stadt. Doch mehr und mehr Kinder verschwinden, und das Trio kommt der Wahrheit unversehens näher - so nah, dass danach nichts mehr ist, wie es war.

Jai ha nove anni, va pazzo per i dolci, ama i telefilm polizieschi e vive in un basti, lo slum di una megalopoli indiana. Nello stesso quartiere abitano anche i suoi due migliori amici: Pari e Faiz. I tre hanno imparato presto a cavarsela da soli, e quando un ragazzo della loro classe scompare, nel totale disinteresse della polizia, si improvvisano detective. Il basti, intanto, precipita nella paura, e subito riaffiorano le antiche divisioni tra indù e musulmani, con i politici pronti a soffiare sul fuoco.