Selection Day: A Novel

Selection Day: A Novel

From Aravind Adiga, the bestselling, Booker PrizeÂâ€“winning author of The White Tiger, a dazzling new novel about two brothers in a Mumbai slum who are raised by their obsessive father to become cricket stars, and whose coming-of-age threatens their relationship, future, and sense of themselves.

Manjunath Kumar is fourteen and living in a slum in Mumbai. He knows he is good at cricketâ€”if not as good as his older brother, Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling, and is fascinated by curious scientific facts and the world of CSI. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesnâ€™t know. Sometimes it even seems as though everyone has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself. When Manju meets Radhaâ€™s great rival, a mysterious Muslim boy privileged and confident in all the ways Manju is not, everything in Manjuâ€™s world begins to change, and he is faced by decisions that will challenge his understanding of it, as well as his own self.

Filled with unforgettable characters from across Indiaâ€™s social strataâ€”the old scout everyone calls Tommy Sir; Anand Mehta, the big-dreaming investor; Sofia, a wealthy, beautiful girl and the boysâ€™ biggest fanâ€”this book combines the best of The Art of Fielding and Slumdog Millionaire for a compulsive, moving story of adolescence and ambition, fathers, sons, and brothers. Selection Day is Adigaâ€™s most absorbing, big-hearted novel to date, and proves why â€œwith his gripping, amusing glimpse into the contradictions and perils of modern India, Aravind Adiga has cemented his reputation as the preeminent chronicler of his countryâ€™s messy presentâ€ (Newsweek).
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781501150838
ReleaseDate 2017-01-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501150838

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781501150838
ReleaseDate	2017-01-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501150838

Selection Day: A Novel

You might also like...