The novel is set in Delhi. It begins with a car crash caused by a wealthy man in New Delhi in 2004 which killed five people who sleeping on the road. Ajay, the man driving, was sent to jail and then he was attacked.[2]
Critical reception and reviews
Ron Charles of The Washington Post wrote "The most dazzling explosions to herald 2023 come from Deepti Kapoor’s novel “Age of Vice.”",[3] Vandana Menon of ThePrintwrote "Age of Vice, is a hit even before its release."[4] Sahana Hegde of Scroll.inwrote "I think Age of Vice is best described as a perfectly good book that only disappoints because you can so clearly see how it could have been a great one."[5] Karthik Shankar of Live Mint wrote "Deepti Kapoor’s compulsively readable novel, ‘Age Of Vice’, is a gripping saga of wealth and violence"[6] and Sanjay Sipahimalani of Moneycontrol wrote "Age of Vice, then, is an exhilaratingly ambitious novel that uses the conventions of a thriller to comment on ugly Indian realities arising from systemic inequality and all-pervasive backroom cronyism.".[7]
Barbara VanDenburgh of USA Today listed it in "5 new must-read books this week".[12] The book was selected as Good Morning America Book Club pick for January.[13]
