{"product_id":"durbin","title":"Durbin","description":"\u003cul data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"126\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"96\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"174\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"139\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historical Fiction \/ Family Saga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"188\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"213\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788170664369\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"234\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"261\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"259\"\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"554\"\u003e📖 \u003cem data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"273\"\u003eDurbin\u003c\/em\u003e is one of \u003cstrong data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"336\"\u003eShirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s most celebrated novels\u003c\/strong\u003e, serialized over two years in \u003cstrong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"384\"\u003eDesh magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e before its book publication. 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