In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
Born and raised in Newark, moved on but the city more or less owns me. Live in Tennessee now. Started writing after I turned 50 and still catching up.
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I write because I like an audience. Influences run from Philip Roth, to Mario Puzo to Richard Russo. My books include Sales Talk published in 2003 and Back to Newark, self published in 2010. Curently at work on another novel.
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