Ghachar Ghochar by 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. 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.