Jerry Pinto

A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India

I can't remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much . . . Genius

Powerful . . . flashes of telling detail

A profoundly moving book: I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this

Pinto's narrative is both brutal and beautiful

Deeply engrossing, finely-tuned, and told with a moving and luminous clarity, this is a splendid and memorable debut

A small and beautiful book . . . Pinto's writing has startling sweetness

Em and the Big Hoom is a joyous read that leaves you chuckling and sad, at once

Meet Imelda and Augustine, or - as our young narrator calls his unusual parents - Em and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em's bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. 
 
Touching, charming and funny and beautifully written, Jerry Pinto's Em and the Big Hoom will stay with readers long after the last page.

Em and the Big Hoom

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Praise for Em and the Big Hoom

A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India

I can't remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much . . . Genius

Powerful . . . flashes of telling detail

A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India

I can't remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much . . . Genius

Powerful . . . flashes of telling detail

A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India

I can't remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much . . . Genius

Powerful . . . flashes of telling detail

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