![]() ![]() Thoma is a Mayflower, in his own words, " I was this little boy whom nobody noticed. Thomas Chacko is the one character who really deserves our pity. A plotĭevice, like the idea of a beginning, a middle and an end." It is, in fact, another deceit of writers. But does his investigation have an answer? After all, " that a mystery must have a resolution is obviously not a The Illicit Happiness of Other People is at its core an investigative novel, with a journalist seeking reasons for his son's death. Three years after giving up on seeking a meaning to explain his son's inexplicable death, a package addressed to him wakes him up, partially, from his slumber. There are people in this world who set out to make an omellete but end up with scrambled eggs. ![]() Like Mermeladov from Crime and Punishment, his awareness of his uselessness (and harmfulness?) to his family does not urge him to do anything about it. But then the fate of shy people is that all theirįears come true". Uncharacteristically for a journalist, he " is a man who wants to be inconspicuous, who ![]() An alcoholic, once-famous novelist whose rising fame is stopped by his ambition and the politics of a corrupt country, Oesep Chacko waddles in self-pity and gives up all intentions to provide for his family. ![]() Oesep Chacko is the father in the Chacko family. ![]()
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