The time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within Mewar itself. who will inherit the throne after the death of the Maharana? The course of history, not just of Mewar but of the whole of India, is about to be changed forever.

At the centre of Cuckold is the narrator, heir apparent of Mewar, who questions the codes, conventions and underlying assumptions of the feudal world of which he is a part, a world in which political and personal conduct are dictated by values of courage, valour and courtesy; and death is preferable to dishonour.

A quintessentially Indian story, Cuckold has an immediacy and appeal that are truely universal.

Born in Mumbai, Kiran nagarkar, wrote his first book in a languge in which he had never written before- Marathi. The book was called Saat sakkam Trechalis, recently translated as Seven Sixes are Forty-Three, and is considered a landmark in post-independent Indian literature. His novel in English, Ravan and Eddie, acclaimed as a literary bestseller, has been translated into Marathi.
Nagarkar's writing has a lightness of pace coupled with a clarity which enables him to illuminate the mst subtle and complex philosophical concepts with a directness and intimacy which linger in the mind long after you've finished Cuckold.