{"product_id":"9780349148953","title":"Lords of Serendipity : An epic campus novel, for fans of Percival Everett's Erasure and Paul Murray's The Bee Sting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA SHARPLY FUNNY AND MOVING NOVEL WHERE THOUSANDS OF MILES APART FROM EACH OTHER, TWO GIRLS HAVE THE SAME DREAM . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tender, eviscerating, perfect'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Biting, ambitious, very funny'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Propulsive, globe-trotting, genius'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevi\u003c\/b\u003e 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatrina\u003c\/b\u003e 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet between contemporary Sri Lanka and the United States, \u003ci\u003eLords of Serendipity\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eLORDS OF SERENDIPITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Combining wicked satire with genuine hope, \u003ci\u003eLords of Serendipity\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the financial, moral and cultural crises plaguing modern academia. An old-fashioned Dickensian tale, it sweeps across continents and campuses. Biting, ambitious, very funny' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Randy Boyagoda's \u003ci\u003eLords of Serendipity\u003c\/i\u003e is utterly fantastic and timely beyond belief. This is the campus novel we've all been waiting for: tender, eviscerating, perfect'\u003cb\u003eJunot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Vast, hilarious . . . One of this novel's most striking features is its combination of savage irony and genuine tenderness. The writing may be biting, but there is real hurt and passion beneath' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book that's a feast, an occasion and a celebration. Randy Boyagoda delightfully skewers the industrial-academic complex but also creates moving characters who seem to have walked in from the dorm and faculty meeting next door. The result is as moving as it is hysterically funny' \u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eVera, or Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a new kind of campus novel, a wicked but humane satire...' \u003cb\u003eTom Perrotta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A sparkling, humane, and irresistible campus novel. As Randy Boyagoda celebrates (and subverts) the comedy of college, he offers what any good education should: not a microcosm, sealed off from the world, but a wide-ranging, free-thinking inquiry into life beyond the ivory tower' \u003cb\u003eGarth Risk Hallberg, author of \u003ci\u003eCity on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731656425848,"sku":"9780349148953","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780349148953.jpg?v=1794255379","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780349148953","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}