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008			230525s2018 enk 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781408888704
040			_cQCPL _erda
082			_aFic
100	1		_aBasu, Diksha _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe windfall _c/ Diksha Basu
264		1	_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2018
300			_a294 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_aA 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 pants and stale marriages. They thought they'd settled comfortably into their golden years, pleased with their son's acceptance into an American business school. But then Mr. Jha comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money, and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town, where he becomes eager to fit in as a man of status: skinny ties, hired guards, shoe-polishing machines, and all. The move sets off a chain of events that rock their neighbors, their marriage, and their son, who is struggling to keep a lid on his romantic dilemmas and slipping grades, and brings unintended consequences, ultimately forcing the Jha family to reckon with what really matters. Hilarious and wise, The Windfall illuminates with warmth and charm the precariousness of social status, the fragility of pride, and, above all, the human drive to build and share a home. Even the rich, it turns out, need to belong somewhere.
650			_aFamilies _zIndia _vFiction
650			_aSocial status _vFiction
655		7	_2lcgft _aDomestic fiction _910554
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
690			_aFiction