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Em and the Big Hoom

Jerry Pinto

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English
Penguin
28 January 2015
A wildly comic novel about families, mothers and madness

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.

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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9780241966518
ISBN 10:   0241966515
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Em and the Big Hoom

Em and the Big Hoom is a joyous read that leaves you chuckling and sad, at once -- The Asian Age A small and beautiful book . . . Pinto's writing has startling sweetness -- Asian Review of Books Deeply engrossing, finely-tuned, and told with a moving and luminous clarity, this is a splendid and memorable debut * The Hindu * Pinto's narrative is both brutal and beautiful * Business Standard Book Review * A profoundly moving book: I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this -- Amitav Ghosh Powerful . . . flashes of telling detail * Sunday Times * I can't remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much . . . Genius * Guardian * A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India -- Kiran Desai


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