15 Jan THE ILLICIT HAPPINESS OF OTHER PEOPLE by Manu Pillai
Set in the year 1990, the life of Ousep and his family is tragic and depressing. The sons of Ousep, Thoma and Unni, worlds apart from each other can no longer see each other. The intelligent and maybe even a prodigy in cartoon drawing, Unni is immensely popular and also admired by most especially by his own mother Mariamma! One of them have committed a forbidden crime and the aftermath is the spine of the story!
I have been seeing this book on the shelf of my regular bookstore for a while. Neither the synopsis(which doesnt give any justice to the book) or the front cover impresses me enough to buy it!
Then just two weeks back, my friend and collegue told me about this one and said that I will love the book. Immediately my answer was, I am not interested in such kind of books as I knew it was in dark comedy genre.
She said she ll give me this book as a Christmas gift which again I rejected as already she got me one!
I promised her that I will get it the next time i visit the bookstore and what a surprise this book have been! The author have not allowed the reader’s interest to wander till the end and even beyond(you keep thinking about all the characters).
This is a clear example of those books that may look not attractive or the synopsis is too vague but it ends up being a literary genius.
If you get hold of this one, go ahead, read it and yes its a a fast paced one , I completed in 2 hours ( self praise )so for an amateur reader 2 days will be more than enough!
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