The Association of Small Bombs

A GRANTA BEST YOUNG AMERICAN NOVELIST 2017 When the Khurana boys and their friend Mansoor set out for one of Delhi''s markets, disaster strikes without warning. A ''small'' bomb detonates, killing the brothers instantly. Mansoor is one of the few survivors. From India to America, the lives of victims and bystanders, mothers and fathers, comrades and adversaries are changed forever. Even the young bomb maker cannot escape the heat of the blast. ''I can''t remember the last time I read a book which conjured a world so rich and so convincing '' MARK HADDON '' Brilliant ... Masterful'' KEVIN POWERS ''Unusually wise, tender and generous'' JIM CRACE ''Breathtaking... Unforgettable '' ADELLE WALDMAN ''Packed with small wonders of beauty and heartbreak that are impossible to resist '' DINAW MENGESTU

Report

Wonderful. It is smart, unpredictable and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and its fallout New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Karan Mahajan, Mahajan Karan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780099523284
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952328-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary