Balasubramanyam, Rajeev
P.R. Chandrasekhar
the celebrated professor of economics at Cambridge
is at a turning point. He has sacrificed his family for his career
but his conservative brand of economics is no longer in fashion
and yet again he has lost the Nobel Prize to a rival. His wife has left him for a free spirited West Coast psychiatrist and relocated to Boulder
Colorado. His son
a capitalist guru with a cult following
mocks his father's life work; his middle daughter
the apple of his eye
has become a Marxist and refuses to speak to him; and his youngest daughter is struggling through her teenage years with the help of psychedelic drugs. And then
the final indignity: He is hit by a bicycle and forced to confront his mortality. Professor Chandra's American doctor instructs him to change his workaholic ways and "follow his bliss"--and so he does
right to the coast of California
and into the heart of his dysfunctional family. Witty
charming
and all too human
Professor Chandra's path to enlightenment will enchant and uplift readers from all walks of life.