Ghachar Ghochar

Vivek Shanbhag

'One of the finest literary works you will ever encounter.' Irish Times 'A jewel of a novel.' Times Literary Supplement 'A stunning satire.' Observer 'India's finest writer.' HeraldIt's true what they say, it's not we who control the money, it's the money that controls us.

'One of the finest literary works you will ever encounter.' Irish Times 'A jewel of a novel.' Times Literary Supplement 'A stunning satire.' Observer 'India's finest writer.' HeraldIt's true what they say, it's not we who control the money, it's the money that controls us. A close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after a miraculous change in fortune. But family dynamics begin to shift when the narrator moves with his sister, his parents, and his uncle from a cramped shack to a huge home and encounters new-found wealth. As the dream of middle-class, aspirational living comes true, allegiances and desires realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background.