SOURCE: "A Chekhovian Comedy," in The Sewanee Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, Summer, 1985, pp. lx-lxii.
In the review below, King offers a favorable assessment of In Custody, stating that "Desai delights us by transforming the expected into the surprising."
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