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Obedient Father | Akhil Sharma

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Ram Karan, a corrupt official in New Delhi, lives with his widowed daughter and his little granddaughter. Bumbling, sad, ironic, Ram is also a man corroded by a terrible secret. Taking the reader down into a world of feuding families and politics, An Obedient Father is a work of rare sensibilities that presents a character as formulated, funny, and morally ambiguous as any of Dostoevsky s antiheroes."

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Obedient Father | Akhil Sharma

I love Rhode Island, where all events seem to have an intimacy to them. Really enjoyed listening to authors Ann Hood and Akhil Sharma in conversation with their editor (and fellow writer) Jill Bialosky of W.W. Norton at the Providence Athenaeum tonight. Excellent conversation about the writer/editor relationship. Also, I drank sherry from a real glass there SO I AM VERY LITERARY, FYI. 🍷

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An Obedient Father | Akhil Sharma

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What a strange book. It combines the story of corruption and politics in India with one about incest. In both cases the father is guilty. He feels sorry however, deeply sorry. And the strangest thing is, you start feeling sorry for him yourself, because he is so obedient. The story is not that interesting; it is the way Sharma is able to make you feel. Me at least.

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