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02954aim a22004095a 4500 001 A67B39B266B711EBBCB452E21FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210204010329 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160417s2013 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 1427283427 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9781427283429 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT11622268 040 $a Midwest $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Ahmad, A. X. 245 14 $a The caretaker: $b a novel $h [electronic resource] / $c A.X. Ahmad. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [United States] : $b Macmillan Audio : $c 2013. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (660 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 $a Read by Sam Dastor. 520 $a A gripping, evocative thriller about a disgraced Sikh Indian Army captain who works as the caretaker for a U.S. Senator's Martha's Vineyard estate, and becomes ensnared in the Senator's shadowy world Ranjit Singh, a former Indian Army Captain trying to escape a shameful past, now lives on Martha's Vineyard, and works as a caretaker for the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. One harsh winter, Ranjit needs a place to stay, and illegally moves his family into an empty, luxurious vacation home belonging to an African-American Senator. Ensconced in the house, he tries to forget his brief affair with Anna, the Senator's wife, and focuses on providing for his family. But one night, their idyll is shattered when mysterious armed men break into the house, searching for an antique porcelain doll. Forced to flee, Ranjit is hunted by unknown forces, and becomes drawn into the Senator's shadowy world. To save his family and solve the mystery of the doll, he must join forces with Anna, who has her own dark secrets. As he battles to save his family, Ranjit's painful past resurfaces, and he must finally confront the hidden event that destroyed his Army career- and forced him to leave India. Tightly plotted, action-packed, smart and surprisingly moving, A. X. Ahmad's The Caretaker takes us from the desperate world of migrant workers to the elite African-American community of Martha's Vineyard, and a secret high-altitude war between India and Pakistan. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Squatters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a East Indians $z United States $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Suspense fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Dastor, Sam. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11622268 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/mcm_9781427283429_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20210204022029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A67B39B266B711EBBCB452E21FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search