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Love Joy and Silliness
Paperback
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Everybody was dancing with everybody. That is the most important line in this book - and exactly how it feels to read it.
Love Joy and Silliness is a whimsical, warm, and witty novel about Shri Vindaloo - the most beloved figure in Goa, CEO of Pig Enterprises, and a philosopher of joy who believes there are no buts in love.
Across eight chapters and six countries, Shri Vindaloo dances the tango, crosses the Soviet border with a suitcase of coconuts for love, finds the world's greatest margarita in Mexico, dances to zydeco in the Louisiana bayou, and attends a perfectly imperfect wedding in Las Vegas. He falls in love in every city. He drinks feni and sees God.
They evoke a Wodehouse-like charm - Jamal's humour is subtler, and his language refreshingly modern, almost airborne in its lightness. - Verified Amazon Review
I could see Wes Anderson having fun animating this story. - US Verified Review
This is not a children's book. It is a sophisticated adult literary novel - funny, philosophical, and unlike anything else published in India this year.
Five animated short films narrated by the author are on YouTube. Search: Shri Vindaloo World.
Love Joy and Silliness. Because silliness is the most underrated virtue of all.
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