* SOON TO BE A MINDY KALING TV SERIES *
* A Book of the Month pick by CNN, Bustle, PopSugar, Entertainment Weekly and Vox *
* One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2021 *
* Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize *
‘Achingly familiar and marvellously inventive… a dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise novel’ Celeste Ng
‘Completely original, utterly absorbing, complex and confident’ Karen Joy Fowler
‘Truly funny, insightful, smart and filled with wonderful characters… unmissable’ Ann Napolitano
ANYONE CAN BE EXTRAORDINARY. BUT IT COMES AT A PRICE…
Neil Narayan’s parents moved to America for a better life, and his perfect older sister is now headed to an elite university. Neil is funny and smart, but he is not living up to his parents’ dream. While he tries to want their versi