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
I was brought up on a small Northern Irish farm.
I remember as a child adding 'bluestone' to water for spraying on potato plants, to prevent blight.
Blight, my famine novel with an historical dimension and contemporary significance.
Famine still happens. If there is enough food to go around everyone on this planet, why does it not 'go around?'
Birth Place
Belfast, N. Ireland
Accomplishments
Being married, four great children, a teaching job, health, and food in the belly.
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