'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年出生于印度孟买附近的克拉巴，父亲是印度海军军官，母亲为英国作家。辛哈幼年和青少年时期就读于印度和英国的多所学校，最后毕业于英国剑桥大学，主修英国文学。毕业后的辛哈投身广告业，曾被评为有史以来英国最出色的十位广告词撰稿人之一。同时，他还尝试将印度古梵语作品翻译成英语，并开始从事写作，出版了回忆录《网络吉普赛人》和长篇小说《爱情先生之死》。二00七年低调推出的《人们都叫我动物》深受评论界的青睐，入围曼·布克奖，并获得二00八年“英联邦作家奖”的区域奖。