Books written by Manu Joseph

Serious Men: A Novel

Ayyan Mani, a member of India's lowest caste and resident of the slums of Mubmai, discovers an illicit romance between his married boss and a married female researcher at the institute where he works. Original.
Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous

Miss Laila Armed and Dangerous
Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous

On the day that Hindu nationalists and their controversial leader have won a spectacular election victory, a large apartment building collapses in Mumbai. The rescue operation finds a single survivor...
Serious Men

Ayyan Mani appears to be just another man in Mumbai, stranded in the rot of a good marriage, an unremarkable life and a dead-end job as personal assistant to an...
The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel

Who came up with the expression “syndicate oflife”?You or Unni?' 'What is more important is that you understand the rogue brain.' 'The rogue brain?' 'Over the ages, the syndicate of life has exterminated all types of brain that have the ...
The Illicit Happiness Of Other People

Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of the real men.” His wife, Mariamma, finds ways to feed her family despite their lack of money, but in her spare time she fantasizes about Ousep’s early ...
Serious Men: A Novel

A poignant, bitingly funny Indian satire and love story set in a scientific institute and in Mumbai’s humid tenements.
Serious Men

But in the exhilaration of the game lurks danger... Alternately funny and poignant, Serious Men is a savage satire on class, love, relationships, and our veneration of science.
Serious Men

Lively and full of unforgettable characters, Serious Men is a sparkling original debut novel about the mishaps and adventures of a man who will be remembered as one of the great anti-heroes of literature.