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Serious Men

by Manu Joseph
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Witty satire on aspirations in Mumbai's chawls.

"Serious Men" will resonate with anyone who's ever felt stuck in life, dreaming of something greater. Manu Joseph manages to weave humor and poignancy to tell the story of Ayyan Mani, a man whose schemes of breaking free from societal chains are as audacious as they are entertaining. This book might just make you laugh, think, and root for an underdog who's playing a high-stakes game.

  • Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2010)
  • Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2011)
  • PEN Open Book Award (2011)
  • The Hindu Literary Prize (2010)
  • DSC Prize Nominee for South Asian Literature for Longlist (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Serious Men

by Manu Joseph
$14.31 Now $5.90 Save 59%
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ISBN: 9789350291955
Authors: Manu Joseph
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Feminism, Race, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.77
(rated by 4035 readers)

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A poignant, bitingly funny Indian satire and love story set in a scientific institute and in Mumbai’s humid tenements. Ayyan Mani, one of the thousands of dalit (untouchable caste) men trapped in Mumbai’s slums, works in the Institute of Theory and Research as the lowly assistant to the director, a brilliant self-assured astronomer. Ever wily and ambitious, Ayyan weaves two plots, one involving his knowledge of an illicit romance between his married boss and the institute’s first female researcher, and another concerning his young son and his soap-opera-addicted wife. Ayyan quickly finds his deceptions growing intertwined, even as the Brahmin scientists wage war over the question of aliens in outer space. In his debut novel, Manu Joseph expertly picks apart the dynamics of this complex world, offering humorous takes on proselytizing nuns and chronicling the vanquished director serving as guru to his former colleagues. This is at once a moving portrait of love and its strange workings and a hilarious portrayal of men’s runaway egos and ambitions. About the Author Manu Joseph is editor of the OPEN magazine, and writes the -Letter from India- column for the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times. Serious Men, his first novel, has been translated into a number of languages. The novel is the winner of the Hindu Best Fiction Award and was shortlisted for
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Witty satire on aspirations in Mumbai's chawls.

"Serious Men" will resonate with anyone who's ever felt stuck in life, dreaming of something greater. Manu Joseph manages to weave humor and poignancy to tell the story of Ayyan Mani, a man whose schemes of breaking free from societal chains are as audacious as they are entertaining. This book might just make you laugh, think, and root for an underdog who's playing a high-stakes game.

  • Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2010)
  • Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2011)
  • PEN Open Book Award (2011)
  • The Hindu Literary Prize (2010)
  • DSC Prize Nominee for South Asian Literature for Longlist (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.