Name: Rollo Romig launches "I Am on the Hit List," with Suchitra Vijayan
Start: 2024-08-06T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-06T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Rollo Romig launches "I Am on the Hit List," with Suchitra Vijayan

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Celebrate the publication of this "insightful" and "riveting" true crime narrative (Publisher's Weekly, starred review)

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<h3>A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world.</h3> Author and journalist Rollo Romig will be joined by writer and academic Suchitra Vijayan for a reading, conversation, reception, and signing to celebrate the publication of this important and compelling new book. <a href="https://shop.loftypigeonbooks.com/item/rBSsMLeAZlaaY8K4OXmbVw" title="https://shop.loftypigeonbooks.com/item/rBSsMLeAZlaaY8K4OXmbVw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Preorder your copy!</a> <h3>About the book</h3>When Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated in September 2017 outside her home, it wasn’t just a loss to her close-knit community of writers and activists—the shock reverberated nationwide, making headlines and sparking mass protests. Why was she targeted, and who was behind it? Following the case to its stunning, unsettling conclusion, Rollo Romig uncovers a world of political extremists, fearless writers, organized crime, and shadowy religious groups. I Am on the Hit List is an epic narrative that moves between a historic booksellers’ district and brand-new high rises funded by IT wealth, to a secretive ashram in Goa and the kitchens of an international vegetarian restaurant chain, boldly interrogating whether we can break the cycle of polarization and bloodshed inspiring political murder across the globe. Advance Praise for I Am on the Hit List“A riveting true crime narrative and an insightful and ominous forecast of India’s political direction.” —Publishers Weekly *starred review* “Compelling, sometimes chilling . . . A sharp, captivating, penetrating inquiry that evolves into something more profound than just a true-crime book . . . Each time the narrative twists and turns between past and present, with militant groups, former colleagues, and acts of corruption and inefficiency beginning to bleed together, Romig smoothly, steadily reminds readers of the enormity of what is at stake . . . [I Am on the Hit List] serves as a powerful vehicle for exploring India’s precarious position.”—Kirkus Reviews *starred review* “If you want to understand the grave threat to democracy in present-day India, and South India in particular, you could do no better than to read Rollo Romig’s gripping book of reportage. It’s a murder mystery, travelogue, and deeply felt homage to Romig’s adopted country. Reading it will inform and outrage you. (It will also make you crave a dosa).”—Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City “Rollo Romig expertly crafts this tale of an awful murder and its ramifications while bringing alive the dark underbelly of India’s Silicon City, Bangalore. You may never have heard of Gauri Lankesh but her assassination has serious ramifications for everyone everywhere who fears escalating political violence.”—Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking <h3>About the author</h3>Born and raised in Detroit, Rollo Romig is a journalist, essayist, and critic. He has been reporting on South India since 2013, most often for The New York Times Magazine. <h3>About Suchitra Vijayan</h3>Suchitra Vijayan is the author of the critically acclaimed book Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India (Melville House, New York) and How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners (Pluto Press). She is the 2023 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Nonfiction Literature and the founder and executive director of the Polis Project. She lives in New York and teaches at NYU Gallatin and Columbia University's Oral History Program.

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