The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
by Manu Joseph
Taste attributes: mysterydramacomedyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshiptroubled leads
Boxlist takeMoving and grounded: a mystery that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Manu Joseph
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 324
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- Open Library
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