The Association of Small Bombs

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A GRANTA BEST YOUNG AMERICAN NOVELIST 2017When the Khurana boys and their friend Mansoor set out for one of Delhi’s markets, disaster strikes without warning. A ‘small’ bomb detonates, killing the brothers instantly. Mansoor is one of the few survivors.From India to America, the lives of victims and bystanders, mothers and fathers, comrades and adversaries are changed forever. Even the young bomb maker cannot escape the heat of the blast.’I can’t remember the last time I read a book which conjured a world so rich and so convincing’MARK HADDON’Brilliant… Masterful’KEVIN POWERS’Unusually wise, tender and generous’JIM CRACE’Breathtaking… Unforgettable’ADELLE WALDMAN’Packed with small wonders of beauty and heartbreak that are impossible to resist’DINAW MENGESTU

Additional information

Weight 0.202 kg
Dimensions 1.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

288

Publisher

Year Published

2017-7-13

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099523280

About The Author

Karan Mahajan grew up in New Delhi, India and lives in Austin, Texas. His first novel, Family Planning, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and was published in nine countries. The Association of Small Bombs was a finalist for the National Book Award and was selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of 2016. His writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker online and The Believer.

Wonderful. It is smart, unpredictable and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and its fallout

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A superb novel… Mahajan inhabits two sides of a divided India

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