Karan Mahajan

Author of The Association of Small Bombs, longlisted for the National Book Award Rakesh Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: thirteen children and another on the way; a wife who mourns the loss of her favorite TV star; and a teenaged son with somereally strong opinions about family planning. To make matters worse, looming over this comical farrago are secrets-both personal and political-that threaten to push the Ahuja...