Penguin Won’t Distribute Joe Sacco’s Graphic Novel on 2013 Riots, ‘The Indian Express’ Reports

Penguin won’t distribute Joe Sacco’s graphic novel on 2013 riots, ‘The Indian Express’ reports

Penguin Random House India has decided not to distribute journalist and author Joe Sacco’s nonfiction book on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, The Indian Express quoted the head of the publishing house as saying.The Once and Future Riot, first published in October 2025, is based on Sacco’s visit to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh a year after the riots.Communal violence had erupted in Muzaffarnagar in September 2013 after Bharatiya Janata Party lead…

Penguin pulls plug on Joe Sacco’s book on Muzaffarnagar riots

Readers in India hoping to find it at their local bookstore will be disappointed: Penguin Random House India has pulled the plug on distributing the title, The Indian Express has learnt.