| Author |
Joseph, Manu |
| Year |
2010 |
| First published |
2011 |
| Publisher |
London: John Murray |
| Number of pages |
406 |
| Edition |
First UK Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781848543089 |
| Keywords |
astronomy, ambition/recognition of scientists, literary or mainstream, India, FMS Library Book |
Abstract
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 the married director by using his boss’s seeming
romance with the institute’s first female―and very
attractive―researcher. Meanwhile, as the institute’s Brahmins wage a
vicious war over theories about alien life, Ayyan sees his deceptions
intertwining and setting in motion a series of extraordinary events he
cannot stop. (Amazon)
