''This novel is genius . . . strange and superb . . . radiant and exhilarating'' THE TELEGRAPH
''A magnificent attempt to help us understand the mixture of optimism, self-defense, hope and delusion[needed] to make the monumental choice of whether or not to leave home'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'' A sobering reminder''WASHINGTON POST
''Leaping, chattering, dancing atop this conundrum [of global migration] comes the hero of Celina Baljeet Basra''s debut novel, Happy Singh Soni, his head bursting with ideas, his heart set on gargantuan dreams'' NEW YORK TIMES
A starry-eyed young cinephile leaves his rural village in India with big dreams, only to find himself trapped in menial jobs and forced to work off a debt he may never repay.
In a small farming village in Punjab, India, a boy crouches over his brother''s phone in a rapeseed field watching clips of Godard''s
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