Manu Joseph

Manu Joseph is a leading Indian writer and journalist. He is a columnist for The International New York Times and
The Hindustan Time and the former editor of OPEN Magazine. His debut novel Serious Men (2010) won the The Hindu Literary Prize and the PEN/Open Book Award. The PEN jury described him as “…that rare bird who can wildly entertain the reader as forcefully as he moves them.” His second novel,
The Illicit Happiness of Other People is a semi-autobiographical novel that was described by The Wall Street Journal as a work that “injects dark, rueful laughter into an immensely touching story of loss”.​​

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