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Lords of Serendipity
€ 21.25
ISBN: 9780349148953
'As moving as it is hysterically funny' Gary Shteyngart, author of Vera, or Faith
'Tender, eviscerating, perfect' Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
'Sparkling, humane and irresistible' Garth Risk Hallberg, author of City on Fire
Devi is a Sri Lankan village girl who dreams of going to Harvard. Devi's father cleans toilets in a five-star hotel to pay for his daughter to be tutored by a dapper young Indian man - who might not be the Oxford scholar he claims to be on Whatsapp ...
Katrina is a middle-class American girl whose life has been designed to get her into an elite liberal arts college. Katrina's father teaches extra courses at a mediocre technical university to pay for his daughter's academic experiences. Meanwhile, his tech bro TA expertly extorts money from international students terrified of flunking out and being deported ...
Set between contemporary Sri Lanka and the United States, Lords of Serendipity is a global campus novel for the 21st century, a funny, moving, and sharply observed story about dreams and ambition meeting corruption and hypocrisy, about strivers and hustlers, and the lengths parents will go to for their children.
352 pages.
Not Yet Published.
Printed on or after 03/09/26. Please note dispatch may take 5-10 days after publication date.
A separate order should be placed for this item. If you order this along with other items, your entire order will be held and despatched when complete.
Date of Publication: 03/09/2026
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