The Complex

'A fine piece of work, at once a grand sweep through history and a domestic novel of petty squabbles' THE GUARDIAN In a sprawling complex in Delhi, the sons and daughters of SP Chopra, one of India's political architects, live together vying for influence in a family shaped by the great man's legacy.
Sachin Chopra leaves for America, with his bride Gita following not long after, as the newlyweds are eager to forge their own lives beyond the pressures of the family compound. Yet Delhi remains an inescapable force, one that keeps pulling them back, even as Gita is menaced by Sachin's predatory uncle, Laxman. Meanwhile, Vibha, Laxman's sister, tries to keep the peace and the reputation of the family intact even as she wrestles with her own exile.
As India erupts in violence and long-buried secrets come to light, the embattled Chopras must reckon with the cost of power, the weight of tradition and the shifting nature of love and allegiance. Equal parts brilliant family saga and piercing political drama, The Complex is a virtuosic novel of revenge and redemption, ambition and undoing, loyalty and love, by a lauded voice in contemporary fiction.

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 and other venues. He is an associate professor in Literary Arts at Brown University.