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The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
The Illicit Happiness Of Other People | Manu Joseph
18 posts | 14 read | 8 to read
Seventeen-year-old Unni Chacko has done something terrible. The only clue to his action lies in a comic strip he has drawn, which has fallen into the hands of his father Ousep, an anarchist. Ousep begins investigating the extraordinary life of his son, b
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BiblioLitten
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One of my favourite things to do: Reach the library early on a weekend, grab the seat by the window, read a few pages of my hold, glance through a few picture books, all this with my favourite human. 💕

#currentlyreading

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
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BottomlessPit
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Pickpick

An amazing read! The ending was slightly complicated and fast, that I had to read some parts twice to understand what was going on, but in a good way.

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BottomlessPit
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"That is how small the life of an adolescent is. A persistent father can get to all of them."
#littens #ManuJoseph #IllicitHappinessofOtherPeople #bookworm #booklover

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BelleOfBooktopia
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Relevant in today‘s world... for sure

Kammbia1 I just got this book yesterday. Looking forward to reading it! 4y
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BelleOfBooktopia
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This book is making me lol frequently!

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BelleOfBooktopia
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😂😂😂 p81

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BelleOfBooktopia

....future generations will not know, will not even guess, the true nature of poverty, which is the longest heritage of man. Shouldn‘t this be preserved somehow, like an old colonial building, shouldn‘t abject poverty be preserved as historical evidence? That is what socialists are trying to do in this country. Everybody misunderstands their intentions. They are noble conservationists, working hard to preserve a way of the world. P71

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BelleOfBooktopia
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Ousep looked carefully at the priest. A fifty year old virgin, a fully grown man in a white gown who believed that he was an elf who connected god to man, this clown thought Unni was strange.

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BarbaraBB
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Thanks, @Abailliekaras for the #bookcolortag. I decided to copy the Litsy logo 😀 and did found out that most of my favourites do have less explicit colours! Never mind, this is the result!

mrozzz LOVE THIS 7y
LauraBeth 👏👏 7y
sumaiyya.books I love Manu Joseph's book! 7y
BarbaraBB @sumaiyya.books I was a bit disappointed by it, but I seem to be exception, everyone loves it! 7y
Abailliekaras Cool idea! Love it. 7y
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BarbaraBB
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Mehso-so

A father investigates his son's life. A nice, easy read.

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nandana
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Pickpick

I had some issues with how the way the author handled the end in terms of what he normalized. But Mariamma Chacko totally won my heart. Don't think I have seen such a well-etched character recently.

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nandana
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This is shockingly good. So good that I'm trying to read very slowly.

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GoneFishing

Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really

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Ananthu
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Brilliant!

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flip_flop
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unputdownnable! clearly one of the best books to emerge out of India. deceptively simple, but not quite.

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Theguywiththebook
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Absolute class! You'll either love it or not complete reading it!

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ramyasbookshelf
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A surprise great read this year. I picked the book up for the cover and ended up with an amazing work of literary fiction.

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