An obedient father / Akhil Sharma.
Publication details: London : Faber & Faber, 2015.Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 282 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 0571313590
- 9780571313594
- SHA
- Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. --Cover.
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Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award.
Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, ironical, sad, Ram is also a man tortured by a terrible guilty secret. When Rajiv Gandhi, the soon-to-be Prime Minister, is murdered, the country is plunged into confusion and Ram, as his department's resident bribe-collector, is trapped in a series of escalating, potentially deadly political betrayals. While he tries to protect himself and his family, his daughter reveals a crime that he had hoped would be buried forever.
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. --Cover.