The Illicit Happiness of Other People- a smart, wry, and poignant novel - teases you with its mystery, philosophy, and unlikely love story. Membership Advantages. Reviews. "Beyond the Book" articles. Janu - Through brilliantly controlled prose and unsettling encounters, Manu Joseph exposes the essence of domestic life in southern India in his. The Illicit Happiness of Other People comes together as a literary masterpiece layered with dark comedy, sophisticated social commentary, humorous analogies, moral and philosophical quandaries of a layperson, psychological mysteries and the chagrin born out of its beautifully fleshed-out characters.
THE ILLICIT HAPPINESS OF OTHER PEOPLE. by Manu Joseph ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 7, Ousep Chacko searches for the meaning of the death of his son Unni, who three years earlier had fallen—or perhaps thrown himself?—off a balcony. A reporter with United News of India, Ousep has become obsessed with discovering the events surrounding his son. Join novelist Manu Joseph in conversation with Hari Kunzru (Gods Without Men) about his new novel The Illicit Happiness of Other People. Followed by a book sale and signing. The Illicit Happiness of Other People is Manu Joseph's highly anticipated second novel following his PEN Open Book Award-winning Serious Men (). In a similar spirit. The PEN Open Book Award called Manu Joseph "that rare bird who can wildly entertain his readers as forcefully as he moves them." In The Illicit Happiness of Other People, Joseph brilliantly brings his talents to the story of an Indian Christian family living far afield in south India.
Manu Joseph’s second novel The Illicit Happiness of Other People, treads a path very different from his first one, Serious Men, which had a Dalit protagonist battle a Brahmin boss, both of them employed at a research establishment in Mumbai. The Illicit Happiness of Other People is set in s Chennai and involves the Chacko family, Keralite immigrants to the southern metropolis. The Illicit Happiness of Other People is a smart, wry, and poignant novel - teases you with. Janu - Through brilliantly controlled prose and unsettling encounters, Manu Joseph exposes the essence of domestic life in southern India in his.
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