"The most exciting novelist writing in English today" A. N. WilsonManjunath Kumar is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling and is fascinated by the world of CSI and by curious and interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn't know . . . Sometimes it seems as though everyone around him has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself.When Manju begins to get to know Radha's great rival, a boy as privileged and confident as Manju is not, everything in Manju's world begins to change and he is faced by decisions that will challenge both his sense of self and of the world around him . . .
About the Author
Aravind Adiga was born in 1974 in Madras (now called Chennai), and grew up in Mangalore in the south of India. He was educated at Columbia University in New York and Magdalen College, Oxford. His articles have appeared in publications such asThe New Yorker, theSunday Times, theFinancial Times, and theTimes of India. His debut novel,The White Tiger, won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2008. Its release was followed by a collection of short stories in the book titledBetween the Assassinations. His second novel,Last Man in the Tower, was published in 2011. His newest novel,Selection Day, was published in 2016.
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