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The debut novel of the acclaimed author of Family Life. Stunning dramatically rich and enthrallingNew York Times An inspector for the physical education department in the Delhi school system, Ram Karan supports his widowed daughter, Anita, and eight-yearold granddaughter, Asha, by collecting bribes for a Congress party boss. On the eve of Rajiv Gandhis assassination, one reckless act bares the lifetime of violence and sexual shame behind his dingy public career, and traps him in a farcical, but terrifying, political campaign. An astonishing character study, a portrait of a familyand a countrytormented by the past, An Obedient Father recalls Dostoevskys guilt-ridden anti-heroes. Corrosive, funny, and frightening, this is a stunning delight. This exceedingly human work has a flavour all its ownGuardian About The Author: Akhil Sharmas debut novel, An Obedient Father, won the 2001 PEN/ Hemingway Award. His most recent novel is Family Life. He has also published stories in, among others, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Best American Short Stories anthology. He lives in New York.
The debut novel of the acclaimed author of Family Life. Stunning dramatically rich and enthrallingNew York Times An inspector for the physical education department in the Delhi school system, Ram Karan supports his widowed daughter, Anita, and eight-yearold granddaughter, Asha, by collecting bribes for a Congress party boss. On the eve of Rajiv Gandhis assassination, one reckless act bares the lifetime of violence and sexual shame behind his dingy public career, and traps him in a farcical, but terrifying, political campaign. An astonishing character study, a portrait of a familyand a countrytormented by the past, An Obedient Father recalls...
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