Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies
Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies
by Atharva Inamdar
Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies is a noir & hardboiled book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Tropical Noir. Gritty, cynical, and atmospheric, this book walks the dark streets where morality is always in question. Noir fiction is honest about the world in ways that polite literature avoids. Published in 2025 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 66,026 words across approximately 264 pages.
The tropical noir focus gives this book a specific angle within the broader noir & hardboiled genre, offering readers a targeted exploration of ideas and themes that matter within this space.
Reading Experience
This is a big book — 66,026 words, roughly 264 pages, and around 5.5 hours of reading time. Books this size have room to go places shorter works cannot. Layered worlds, complex ideas, extended character arcs — all possible at this length. If you like to sink deep into noir & hardboiled, this one gives you the space to do it.
About the Author
Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies was written in 2025, during the period when Atharva Inamdar finally brought his catalog back to life. At 28, he was publishing books online for free, enrolled in a B.Com Marketing program, and building the infrastructure to reach readers directly. Noir fiction — cynical, atmospheric, morally ambiguous — provides a natural home for stories drawn from the darker chapters of a publishing career.
Publication History
Published on February 3rd, 2025, Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies was one of 3 titles released that month. Written and published within the same year, the book moved from draft to release in 2025 without the extended wait that many titles in the catalog experienced. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-450-5.
Explore This Genre
Cheap Liquor and Expensive Lies is one of 9 books in the noir & hardboiled category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other noir & hardboiled titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The tropical noir focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-450-5
- Year Written
- 2025