Saraswati Park

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A tremendous first novel from an exciting young author recently chosen as one of the Telegraph’s ‘20 under 40’ best UK writers. Set against the electric chaos of Bombay, the story centers on Mohan, a contemplative man who has spent his life observing others as a letter-writer outside the main post office. His detachment from the world has strained his marriage with Lakshmi. At this fragile moment, their nephew Ashish, a sexually uncertain 19-year-old repeating his final year in college, joins them in their home in Saraswati Park. The lives of Mohan, Lakshmi, and Ashish become intertwined amid the comical frustrations of family life, including annoying relatives and unspoken grievances. After the death of Lakshmi’s only brother, she leaves Bombay to mourn, grappling with the loss of both her sibling and the vitality of her marriage. Meanwhile, Ashish begins an affair with a wealthier classmate and later succumbs to his English tutor's advances. As Mohan writes in the margins of books he dreams of authoring, he worries about Lakshmi's return, Ashish's future, and his own struggle to find his voice, feeling forever on the outskirts of a world he yearns to understand.