A heartfelt comedy of manners, Diksha Basu's debut novel unfolds the story of a family discovering what it means to "make it" in modern India. For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha's lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga
Windfall: A Novel
β Scribed by Magnuson, James
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Villard
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-ca
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307574229
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β¦ Synopsis
A Texas university professor finds several million dollars in a basement and takes the money home, keeping the find secret from his wife who would want him to alert police. The novel describes Ben Lindberg's difficulty in spending the money and the impact the secret has on his life, especially the deceit and paranoia it engenders.
β¦ Subjects
A Novel
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