Contemporary Indian English fiction: Identify the author of ‘‘In Custody’’. Full question: ‘‘In Custody’’, an English novel later adapted to film, was written by which author? Choose the correct option.

FactAnita Desai wrote In Custody (1984), exploring themes of language, loss, and culture; it was adapted into a Merchant–Ivory film.

DistractorsVikram Seth (A Suitable Boy), Roy (The God of Small Things), Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss), and Rushdie (Midnight’s Children) authored other works.

Final AnswerAnita Desai.