Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

Name: Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors
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SKU: 9781788169875
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

By Aravind Jayan

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Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan explores the life of a middle-class family in India who are thrust into chaos when a private video of the narrator’s brother and his girlfriend surfaces online. The resulting scandal forces the family to navigate societal judgment, personal relationships, and the shifting dynamics between them. This engaging tale weaves humour and poignancy while portraying a modern story of familial ties and resilience.
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You might enjoy this novel if you're interested in a humorous yet insightful exploration of family dynamics and societal expectations. The story delves into the chaos that ensues when a video scandal disrupts a seemingly ordinary household, blending wit and heart to examine the complexities of modern relationships. If you appreciate narratives that offer both entertainment and reflection on social issues, this book could be a great choice.

Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

A brilliant young writer from India with a funny, moving debut that perfectly captures the perils of online culture

A brilliant young writer from India with a funny, moving debut that perfectly captures the perils of online culture

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'Truly infectious' -Guardian

Appa and Amma have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off to their neighbours in Blue Hills housing colony. But their triumph is short-lived. Their eldest son, Sreenath, is behaving strangely, and the reason soon becomes clear: a secretly filmed video of Sreenath and his girlfriend Anita has been posted to a porn site, and nearly everyone they know has seen it.

The ensuing war—with Sreenath and Anita on one side and their families on the other—becomes a news sensation, emblematic of a wider generational struggle. The novel is narrated by Sreenath's younger brother, who is just as eager to rebel against conventional morality. But to keep his family together, he will have to compromise his integrity and, in doing so, bring buried tensions between him and his brother to the surface.

Full of dark comedy and insight about shame and the online generation, Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors is a poignant story about now, told by a narrator who will beguile and surprise you.

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Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan has received praise for its humour and insightful observations. Reviewers appreciated its witty take on family dynamics, internet culture, and societal manners, likening it to both a comedy of manners and a tender love story. The debut is noted for being both laugh-out-loud funny and touchingly insightful, with a fresh perspective on modern India.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788169875

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 167g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Aravind Jayan is from Trivandrum, Kerala. His writing has been published in Out of Print, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Helter Skelter's Anthology IV, and The Hindu, among others. He is the 2017 winner of the Toto Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2021. He lives in Bangalore.