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By Julie Oakes

When Georgia accepts the task to investigate prostitution in India, she enters blithely, convinced of her skill to stay goal within the face of the tough material. supplied with an Indian consultant, Karma, Georgia feels that she is accountable for her future health and security. yet India, being India, quickly overwhelms her preconceptions as Karma's first try to facilitate her project is to rearrange for her to witness an stumble upon among a prostitute and a john.

Told in voices, Georgia's and Karma's, Hooks grapples with the discrepancies among a Western and an jap tackle prostitution in a rustic the place culture, modernity, and necessity solid tense slants at the truth.

A morality story informed from greatly diverse own situations and orientations, Hooks draws within the uninitiated Georgia, as she in flip is helping the grieving Karma to achieve a path clear of his spoiled hopes.

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