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The Illicit Happiness of Other People

by Manu Joseph

2012 · literary fiction · adult

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Three years after 17-year-old Unni Chacko, a budding cartoonist, plunged from his third-floor terrace, his father, Ousep, resumes his obsessive search for the truth behind his death, using his son's funny and contemplative comics as guides in his quest through modern-day India.

Set in

  • Chennai · India
    Madras/Chennai housing colony, Christian family, 1980s-90s
    ★ primary

Also set in Chennai

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