'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just like a human being...' Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, the catastrophic result of what happened on That Night when, thanks to an American chemical company, the Apocalypse visited his slum. Now not quite twenty, he leads a hand-to-mouth existence with his dog Jara and a crazy old nun called Ma Franci, and spends his nights fantasising about Nisha, the daughter of a local musician, and wondering what it must be like to get laid. When a young American doctor, Elli Barber, comes to town to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk - only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the 'Kampani' - Animal plunges into a web of intrigues, scams and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage. Compellingly honest, entertaining and entirely without self-pity, Animal's account lights our way into his dark world with flashes of pure joy - from the very first page all the way to the story's explosive ending.A NIMAL'S PEOPLE is a stunningly humane work of storytelling that takes us right to the heart of contemporary India.

因德拉·辛哈，一九五0年齣生於印度孟買附近的剋拉巴，父親是印度海軍軍官，母親為英國作傢。辛哈幼年和青少年時期就讀於印度和英國的多所學校，最後畢業於英國劍橋大學，主修英國文學。畢業後的辛哈投身廣告業，曾被評為有史以來英國最齣色的十位廣告詞撰稿人之一。同時，他還嘗試將印度古梵語作品翻譯成英語，並開始從事寫作，齣版瞭迴憶錄《網絡吉普賽人》和長篇小說《愛情先生之死》。二00七年低調推齣的《人們都叫我動物》深受評論界的青睞，入圍曼·布剋奬，並獲得二00八年“英聯邦作傢奬”的區域奬。