The Windfall: A Novel

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The Windfall: A Novel

A PeopleÂ Pick
Entertainment Weekly's Must-List
A TIME Magazine Pick
Rolling Stone's Culture Index Pick
One of Esquire's Best 30 Books of 2017

â€œ[A] charming satireâ€¦What Kevin Kwan did for rich people problems, Diksha Basu does for trying-to-be-rich-people problems.â€Â
--People

A heartfelt comedy of manners, Diksha Basuâ€™s debut novel unfolds the story of a family discovering what it means to â€œmake itâ€ in modern India.
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For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs.Â Jha'sÂ lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants and stale marriages.Â TheyÂ thought they'd settled comfortablyÂ into their golden years, pleased with their sonâ€™s acceptance into an American business school.Â But then Mr.Â JhaÂ comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money, and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town, where he becomes eager to fitÂ inÂ as a man of status: skinny ties, hired guards, shoe-polishing machines, and all.
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The move sets off a chain of events that rock their neighbors, their marriage, and their son, who is struggling to keep a lid on his romantic dilemmas andÂ slipping grades,Â and brings unintended consequences,Â ultimatelyÂ forcing theÂ JhaÂ family to reckon with what really matters.Â Hilarious and wise,Â The Windfall illuminates with warmth and charm the precariousness of social status, the fragility of pride, and, above all, the human drive to build and share a home. Even the rich, it turns out, need to belong somewhere.

Country	USA
Author	Diksha Basu
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9780451498939
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Broadway Books
NumberOfPages	306
PublicationDate	2017-06-27
Publisher	Broadway Books
ReleaseDate	2017-06-27
Studio	Broadway Books

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