Serious Men

by Manu Joseph

Book Overview

Ayyan Mani will not be constrained by Indian traditions. Despite working at the Institute of Theory and Research in Mumbai as the lowly personal assistant to a brilliant but insufferable astronomer, he dreams of more for himself and his family.

Ever wily and ambitious, Ayyan weaves two plots: the first to cheer up his weary, soap-opera-addicted wife by creating outrageous fictions around their ten-year-old son; the other to sabotage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393338592
• ISBN13: 9780393338591
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"