A BOMB PLACED CLOSE TO THE HEART

Virkas Adam narrates this remarkable historical novel with warmth and gravity, capturing its sweeping drama and intimate emotions. As WWI draws to a close, Cora Trent, a Midwestern graduate student, meets Indra Mukherjee, an Indian revolutionary who is grappling with loss and political conviction. Adam's nuanced performance illuminates both the tenderness of their romance and the urgency of their situation. He conveys the passion that draws the couple into a hasty marriage and maximizes the novel's theme: how the personal collides with anti-colonial resistance, American wartime fervor, and the surveillance of both U.S. and British authorities. Listeners are drawn into an unforgettable love story shaped by history--as personal as it is political. M.R. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2025]