by Akhil Sharma (Author)
Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contradictory, sad, Ram is a man corroded by a guilty secret. An Obedient Father takes the reader to an India that is both far away and real - into the mind of a character as tormented, funny, and ambiguous as one of Dostoevsky's anti-heroes.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 07 May 2015
ISBN 10: 0571313590
ISBN 13: 9780571313594
Book Overview: A classic novel from the author of Family Life.