Chapter Zero: Excerpted from The Association of Small Bombs

by Karan Mahajan, Tony Tulathimutte (Foreword)

Contains excerpt from Karan Mahajan's book The Association of Small Bombs

13 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2016

About the author

Karan Mahajan is the author of "The Association of Small Bombs," which was a finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. His debut novel "Family Planning" was a finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists, and his writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New York Review of Books, and other venues. He is an associate professor in Literary Arts at Brown University. His third novel, "The Complex," is forthcoming in March 2026.

Reviews

[Danilo DiPietro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proxy for ‘The Other Margaret’ - New Yorker short story discussed w Ann’s book club. Culture clash and power dynamics!