The Indian English Novel Today Is A Book Of Eighteen Pieces Of Scholarly Critique, Some On Specific Literary Trends In Fictional Writing And Others On Individual Texts Published In The Twenty-first Century By The Contemporary Novelists Like Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Deshpande, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, K. N. Daruwalla, Upamanyu Chatterjee, David Davidar, Esterine Kire Iralu, Siddharth Chowdhury And Chetan Bhagat. It Focuses Closely On The Defining Features Of The Different Emerging Forms Of The Indian English Novel, Such As Narratives Of Female Subjectivity, Crime Fiction, Terror Novel, Science Fiction, Campus Novel, Animal Novel, Graphic Novel, Disability Texts, LGBT Voices, Dalit Writing, Slumdog Narrative, Eco-narrative, Narratives Of Myth And Fantasy, Philosophical Novel, Historical Novel, Postcolonial- Multicultural Narratives And Diaspora Novel. The Book Is A Useful Read For The College And University Students And Teachers Of Indian English Literature.

Prabhat K. Singhis A Literary Critic, A Bilingual Poet And Translator, And A Distinguished Teacher Of English Literature. Presently, He Is Professor And Ex-Head, Department Of English & Other Foreign Languages, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. He Has Eleven Books Of Critical And Creative Writings To His Credit, Has Published Over Two Dozen Research Papers In Indian And Foreign Journals, And Has Attended/chaired Nearly Forty National And International Seminars/conferences In India And Abroad. A Recipient Of National Millennium Honour 2000 And Michael Madhusudan Award 2003, He Has Been On Academic Visits To Several Countries Of South East Asia And Europe.