The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel
Ousep
Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of
the real men.” This includes waking neighbors upon returning late from the pub.
His wife Mariamma stretches their money, raises their two boys, and, in her
spare time, gleefully fantasizes about Ousep dying. One day, their seemingly
happy seventeen-year-old son Unni—an obsessed comic-book artist—falls from the
balcony, leaving them to wonder whether it was an accident. Three years later,
Ousep receives a package that sends him searching for the answer, hounding his
son’s former friends, attending a cartoonists’ meeting, and even accosting a
famous neurosurgeon. Meanwhile, younger son Thoma, missing his brother, falls
head over heels for the much older girl who befriended them both. Haughty and
beautiful, she has her own secrets. The Illicit Happiness of Other People—a
smart, wry, and poignant novel—teases you with its mystery, philosophy, and
unlikely love story.
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