The Death of Vishnu

By: Manil Suri

Fiction

"vivid and engrossing...a work of fiction that seems not only universal but absolutely cosmic." —francine prose, elleat the opening of this masterful debut novel, vishnu, the resident odd-job man, lies dying on the apartment building staircase he inhabits, while his neighbors, the pathaks and the asranis, argue over who will pay for an ambulance. as the action spirals up through the floors of the...