num_pages: 469
description: Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana’s husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative’s moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.
language: English
title: Family Matters
titlecomplete: Family Matters
genres: Fiction, Family, Indian Literature, Asia, Canada, India, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 23354
places: Mumbai
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: McClelland & Stewart