Ghachar Ghochar Audiobook

Quotes

• “A classic tale of wealth and moral ruin.”

  — New Yorker

• “A great Indian novel.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Ghachar Ghochar introduces us to a master.”

  — Paris Review

• “There’s a whole universe folded into this slender, spiny novel. It’s a parable of rising India and of violence against women, and a sly commentary on translation…This story of a family’s moral unraveling and descent into cruelty after it comes into sudden wealth—capped by a hair-raising ending—already feels like a modern-day classic.”

  — New York Times

• “The tense fun of reading this vivid, fretful story lies in watching the main characters grab hold of what they think will be rescue ropes but instead turn out to be slip knots…Ghachar Ghochar is filled with wry poetic lines.”

  — NPR

• “One of the most striking novels you’ll read this decade…In Shanbhag’s hands, the Indian family is revealed in layers; as one layer peels away, what lies beneath is left raw and exposed.”

  — Business Standard (India)

• “Absorbing, insightful, and altogether a wonderful read.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Shanbhag excels at capturing nuanced moments…Evocative, one-of-a-kind snapshots linger in the mind long after the novel’s completion.”

  — Booklist

• “A compact novel that crackles with tension, tracing the tangled path of a family’s dissolution in their sudden rise to wealth.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Mesmerizing, distressing—and altogether brilliant.”

  — Karan Mahajan, National Book Award finalist

• “Exquisitely observed, wry, and moving…Vivek Shanbhag is a writer of rare and wonderful gifts.”

  — Garth Greenwell, National Book Award longlisted author

• “One of the best novels to have come out of India in recent decades.”

  — Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire