The Association of Small Bombs

Wonderful. It is smart, unpredictable and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and its fallout * New York Times *A superb novel… Mahajan inhabits two sides of a divided India * Financial Times *Extraordinary… A mind-blowing book on many, many levels * BBC Radio 4 *A voracious approach to fiction-making, a daring imaginative promiscuity * New Yorker *In Mahajan’s riveting, intricate story, the aftershocks of small bombs are as inescapable as their explosions – Alex Traub * Vice Magazine *Engrossing… looks at the after-effects of tragedy from the perspective of the victims, survivors and perpetrators – Sarah Gilmartin * Irish Times *Wonderful… smart, devastating, unpredictable and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and its fallout. If you enjoy novels that happily disrupt traditional narratives – about grief, death, violence, politics – I suggest you go out and buy this one. Post haste… thrilling, tender and tragic… generous without prejudice, which feels at once subversive and refreshing – Fiona Maazel * The New York Times Book Review *An utterly brilliant book. Rarely does one encounter a work as masterful in the precision of its writing or as penetrating in the insights it provides. Karan Mahajan is a writer to be admired. – Kevin PowersKaran Mahajan’s thoughtful, touching and perfectly pitched account of two marketplace bombings and the casual havoc they cause in a handful of Delhi families is almost subversive in its even-handedness and its charity. For all its unflinching - and unnerving - fatalism, The Association of Small Bombs is an unusually wise, tender, and generous novel. – Jim CraceA voracious approach to fiction-making, a daring imaginative promiscuity… he renders the spectacle of the bombing with a languid, balletic beauty, pitting the unhurried composure of his prose against the violence of the events it describes… Mahajan hasn’t lost his sharp comic impulses… [Mahajan’s] facility for gorgeous turns of phrase produces many passages of vivid, startling power – Alexandra Schwartz * The New Yorker *

Karan Mahajan grew up in New Delhi, India and lives in Austin, Texas. His first novel, Family Planning, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and was published in nine countries. The Association of Small Bombs was a finalist for the National Book Award and was selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of 2016. His writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Believer.

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