About the Author

Manil Suri is a distinguished mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Author of three acclaimed novels, including The Death of Vishnu, he is a former contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, for which he has written several widely read pieces on mathematics. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Reviews

"Combines, in a magician's feat, the thrill of Bollywood with the pull of a thriller. Set in a city at the brink of the end, this is a fiercely imagined story of three souls haunted by a love that will change their most elemental ideas of identity. Manil Suri's bravest and most passionate book." -- Kiran Desai "Even amid the wondrous variety of contemporary Indian fiction, Suri's work stands apart, mingling comedy and death, eroticism and politics, godhood and Bollywood like no one else." -- Ron Charles - Washington Post "With comedic flashes and a plot that pulses forward, Suri's tale solidifies the reputation that he earned as a master storyteller with The Death of Vishnu and The Age of Shiva." -- O, The Oprah Magazine "A stirringly poignant love story, drawn with deep compassion." -- The New Yorker "Wild, kaleidoscopic ... dazzling." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "The City of Devi is so exuberant and sexy, one may wish to purchase a prophylactic alongside it. When the world comes to an end, I will spend my last days in Mumbai clutching a copy of Manil Suri's dazzling epic." -- Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan