Author of The Association of Small Bombs, longlisted for the National Book Award
Rakesh Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: thirteen children and another on the way; a wife who mourns the loss of her favorite TV star; and a teenaged son with some really strong opinions about family planning.
To make matters worse, looming over this comical farrago are secrets--both personal and political--that threaten to push the Ahuja household into disastrous turmoil. Following father and son as they blunder their way across the...
Author of The Association of Small Bombs, longlisted for the National Book Award
Mr Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: 13 children and another on the way, not to mention the daily struggles over whether to resign for the 63rd time; his wife, Sangita, adrift on a sea of knitting and nappies, is mourning the loss of her favourite TV soap star.
Mr Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: 13 children and another on the way, not to mention the daily struggles over whethe...
National Book Award Finalist Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winner of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year One of Granta's Best...
