{"product_id":"the-complex-isbn-9780593832905","title":"The Complex","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026: \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e, LIT HUB, \u003ci\u003eTHE MILLIONS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinary gift to its lucky readers: an enormously full and brilliantly structured novel whose characters come to feel as familiar—and as bottomlessly mysterious—as one's own family.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karen Russell, author of National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Antidote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A testament to Mahajan’s genius. . . . Beautiful and unforgettable” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite. . . . This piercing novel is a book to read and read again.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant, sweeping tour de force moving between the US and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family — from the author of the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Association of Small Bombs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. By the late 1970s, his descendants are scrambling to define their own futures in a still-young nation on the brink of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSachin 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. A man of restless ambition, Laxman ascends through the ranks of a rising Hindu nationalist movement, caught between his political aspirations and his personal transgressions. Meanwhile, Vibha, his sister, tries to keep the peace and the reputation of the family intact even as she wrestles with her own exile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is a virtuosic novel of revenge and redemption, ambition and undoing, loyalty and love, by one of the most lauded voices in contemporary fiction.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Mahajan] clearly understands the psychology of family, messy as it always is. Mahajan evokes the clashing landscapes of India and Michigan with a sure hand, and displays a keen understanding of Indian society and politics. Though the reader learns in the opening pages that one main character will be murdered by a relative, the novel’s final chapters still manage to be shocking, which is a testament to Mahajan’s genius. This novel is beautiful and unforgettable. A masterly novel, seemingly influenced by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, by a talented and self-assured writer.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite. . . . With astonishing economy, clarity and suggestiveness, Mahajan creates a memorable family and depicts a conflicted India lurching into the present. This piercing novel is a book to read and read again.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Long in the works, long anticipated by his fans. . . . Mahajan has created something savor-worthy: a family epic that takes place in both India and America, as the Chopra family attempts to keep itself together in the face of political unrest and relationship fractures. Mahajan writes with grace and precision, is able to depict both horrors and joys, violence and tenderness in equal measure: the arrival of \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to be a literary event.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJulia Hass,\u003ci\u003e Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary gift to its lucky readers: an enormously full and brilliantly structured novel whose characters come to feel as familiar—and as bottomlessly mysterious—as one’s own family. I was spellbound by the ramifying dramas of the Chopras, whose strong roots intertwine below their Delhi complex during decades of sweeping global and national change. I am awestruck by what Karan Mahajan has accomplished in \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, and I never wanted this book to end.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Karen Russell, author of National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Antidote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delicious page-turner about familial jealousy and revenge that, in the Dostoyevskian tradition, doubles as a masterful investigation of the slipperiness of power in a changing and modernizing world. \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is Mahajan’s most exciting, virtuosic novel yet.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Vauhini Vara, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal King Rao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the tradition of Tolstoy, Karan Mahajan has written a family saga and a historical epic that describes humanity with absolute fidelity—no kinder or crueler, wiser or duller, grander or punier than it really is. In \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, not only is the personal political, but the political is a duck blind for the personal, demonstrating how family secrets and failed businesses create demagogues, martyrs, and murderers. This is a farsighted and serious novel, and a monument to radicalized times.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTony Tulathimutte, author of \u003ci\u003eRejection\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the National Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Epic in scope, wonderous in its summoning of distinct characters, vital in its weaving of family and politics. This is a miraculous novel.” \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This novel’s rare achievement lies in its masterful portrayal of the intimate relationship between personal lives and political realities. Through the story of a family, it captures the larger movements shaping the nation, revealing how political and social transformations seep into everyday life and quietly shape human choices. . . . Through a powerful mode of storytelling, Mahajan constructs the intricate connections between a society’s moral upheavals and its political and familial aspirations. The strength, intensity, and momentum of his narrative are such that nothing needs to be pointed out deliberately; everything unfolds with organic necessity. There is a constant sense of danger lurking beneath the story, lending the narrative a palpable, high-stakes intensity that holds the reader in its grip.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Vivek Shanbhag, author of \u003ci\u003eGhachar Ghochar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“To watch the wily Chopras jostle for dominion—not just over the crumbling walls of their shared home, but over the very historical and moral record of their age—is pure pleasure. Mahajan is, as always, a political anatomist blessed with a comedian’s eye for the absurd, and \u003ci\u003eThe Complex\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular portrait of a family as riven and fractious—and eternally surprising—as the country that produced it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Madhuri Vijay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Far Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Riveting and unputdownable—Shakespearean storytelling. Karan Mahajan’s best work yet.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sonia Falerio, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaran Mahajan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Association of Small Bombs\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFamily Planning\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Young American Novelists, and his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and other venues. He is an associate professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233646031077,"sku":"NP9780593832905","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593832905.jpg?v=1767738808","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-complex-isbn-9780593832905","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}