In English
Sahitya Akademi 2015 · Winner
Hangwoman: Everyone Loves a Good Hanging
ആരാച്ചാർ · Aarachar
K. R. Meera · 42 when first published
Novel · 448 pages · Family, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In Kolkata, Chetna, a young woman from a family that has supplied hangmen for generations, is chosen as India’s first woman executioner and becomes a television sensation as the day of her first hanging approaches.