Archive for January 2, 2011
SERIOUS MEN by Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph’s debut book is seriously good – a wickedly funny, surprisingly warm and stunningly stylish satire that strikes its target over and over again, taking the reader along for a rollicking ride.
The book SERIOUS MEN introduces us to two equally willful men with runaway egos: Arvind Acharya, a bigger-than-life astrophysicist at the prestigious Institute of Theory and Research, a would-be Nobel candidate who is rumored to have been banned from the Vatican for whispering something untoward in the pope’s ear. The other is his personal assistant, Ayyan Mani, a Dalit (or “untouchable”) who is “smarter than the average bear” (in this case, the average Dalit) with an IQ of 148.
January 2, 2011
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Judi Clark · 
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Tags: 2010 PB Release, Around-the-World, Humorous · Posted in: Award Winning Author, Class - Race - Gender, Debut Novel, Humorous, India-Pakistan, Satire, World Literature
