Many thanks to NetGalley, Dial Press, and Rajeev Balasubramanyam for the opportunity to read and review this book - I really liked it.
Professor Chandra is an economics professor at Cambridge and has just been passed over yet again for the Nobel Prize. He's divorced and his wife is remarried and living in Colorado with their youngest daughter. His oldest daughter doesn't speak to him or even allow the rest of the family to tell him where she is. Chandra has a somewhat contentious relationship with his son as well. When he has a bicycle accident and lands in the hospital, the doctor tells him he needs to take time off to rest. With that in mind, he decides to head to the US. There he is forced to confront himself and his life's decisions.
While there is some humor in this book, I think it could be best described as a coming-of-age novel for grown-ups, as you look back on your life and see your mistakes and hope it's not too late to make changes.
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