BETTER MAN (P)

In Anita Nair's warm and imaginative first novel, middle-aged bachelor Mukundan returns to his native Indian village and is haunted by the past. Determined to conquer old ghosts, Mukundan decides to restore his childhood home and hires One-Screw-Loose Bhasi, an outcast painter, to oversee the renovations. A practitioner of a unique style of healing, Bhasi sets about mending his troubled friend, but the durability of Mukundan's transformation into a better man is soon called in to question. AUTHORBIO: Anita Nair lives in India with her husband and son. This is her first novel.Nair, Anita is the author of 'BETTER MAN (P)' with ISBN 9780312253769 and ISBN 0312253761.