Selection Day: A Novel

ISBN: 1501150847

Author: Adiga, Aravind

Condition: New

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Amnesty, a ferociously brilliant (Slate) novel about two brothers coming of age in a Mumbai slum, raised by their crazy, obsessive father to be cricket champions.*A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES and WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOKManjunath Kumar is fourteen and living in a slum in Mumbai. He knows he is good at cricket-if not as good as his older brother, Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling, and is fascinated by curious scientific facts and the world of CSI. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesnt know. Sometimes it even seems as though everyone has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself. When Manju meets Radhas great rival, a mysterious Muslim boy privileged and confident in all the ways Manju is not, everything in Manjus world begins to change, and he is faced by decisions that will challenge his sense of self and of the world around him.Filled with unforgettable characters from across Indias social strata-the old scout everyone calls Tommy Sir; Anand Mehta, the big-dreaming investor; Sofia, a wealthy, beautiful girl and the boys biggest fan-Selection Day brings a family, a city, and an entire country to scabrous and antic life (Chicago Tribune).Aravind Adigas voice is so exuberant, his plotting so jaunty, that the sadness of this story feels as though it is accumulating just outside our peripheral vision (The Washington Post). It is, simply, extraordinary (The Atlantic).