'Loot' explores issues of colonialism, art and plunder in 18th-century India and Europe

Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with author Tania James. Her new novel “Loot” follows the fortunes of Abbas, a young wood carver in 18th-century Mysore, India, as the sultanate falls to British forces. The cover of “Loot” by Tania James. (Courtesy) Book excerpt: ‘Loot’ Excerpted from “Loot” with permission of the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House.  This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.