Ghachar Ghochar A Novel [Paperback]

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOKS OF 2017
ONE OFVULTURE'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 
FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN FICTION

“A modern classic.” —The New York Times Book Review
  
A young man's close-knit family is nearly destitute when his uncle founds a successful spice company, changing their fortunes overnight. As they move from a cramped, ant-infested shack to a larger house on the other side of Bangalore, and try to adjust to a new way of life, the family dynamic begins to shift. Allegiances realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background. Things become “ghachar ghochar”—a nonsense phrase uttered by one meaning something tangled beyond repair, a knot that can't be untied.

Elegantly written and punctuated by moments of unexpected warmth and humor,Ghachar Ghocharis a quietly enthralling, deeply unsettling novel about the shifting meanings—and consequences—of financial gain in contemporary India.

“A classic tale of wealth and moral ruin.” —The New Yorker

“Ghachar Ghochar introduces us to a master.” —The Paris Review

Named a Best Book of the Year by the Guardian, Globe and Mail, and Publishers Weekly 
Shortlisted for the ALTA National Translation Award in Prose
Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award

“A great Indian novel...Folded into the compressed, densely psychological portrait of this family is a whole universe.” 
—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)

[Shanbhag] is a master of inference and omission...What’s most impressive about Ghachar Ghochar...is how much intricacy and turmoil glSÑ