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Sethji revolves around the life of Sethji, a politician, his intelligent daughter-in-law Amrita, and a myriad number of additional characters in Mumbai. Summary Of The Book Sethiji revolves around the shrewd head of the ABSP party, a coalition partner in the government, and his family which includes his 2 sons and a daughter-in-law, Amrita. Sethiji is described as a corrupt politician who is currently facing a crisis in the party while trying to land a highways deal for his industrialist friends. Adding to this, is the embarrassing son who raped a ‘pahadi’ girl. He continues an affair with Amrita, who is just as power hungry as Sethji and bored with her borderline-impotent husband. Sethji appoints Amrita to set things right, who in turn seeks the help of ‘MK’ a Bollywood producer, lawyer and a fixer. The book continues to add characters in almost every chapter such as Simran the starlet with the bushy armpits, the industrialist Jaiprakash who is trying to come to terms with the fact that his mother has had an affair with her own nephew, Himmatram. Sethji packs an ample amount of sex, sleaze, and greed with Indian politics as the backdrop. De, with her colourful descriptions of Seth as a ball-scratching, toad of a man and of Amrita as the power-hungry daughter-in-law who would even change her in-laws soiled diapers, does not fail to captivate readers through this well written book. Sethji was released in 2012. About Shobhaa De Shobhaa De is a novelist from India. Other popular books of hers include Starry Nights, Shooting From The Hip, Sisters, Surviving Men, Snapshots, Sandhya`s Secret, and Uncertain Liaisons. De sticks to racy and controversial content that has come to be much loved. De, an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College Mumbai, began her career as a model and moved on to journalism in 1970 where she founded and edited Stardust, Celebrity, and Society. She also contributes to The Times Of India and Asian Age. She is now a freelance writer and has also written for television shows. She is married to Dilip De and they live in Mumbai.