ONCE THERE WAS a man who believed, like the philosopher Spinoza, that all things happen for a reason. Once there was a woman who found the idea nonsensical, even repulsive. They met. Perhaps for a reason, perhaps by chance. What happens next transforms their lives and those of the people they love.
Anil Menon's novel The Coincidence Plot weaves the tale through multiple cities, circumstances and lives. Some characters seem to be the heroes of their own lives, while others seem to serve other designs. However, they are all connected by subtle parallels and strange coincidences. This ingenious novel, by a writer of remarkable originality, addresses one of life's simplest yet hardest questions: to what extent are we truly free?
Once there was a reader who picked up this novel...
ANIL MENON's most recent work is The Inconceivable Idea Of The Sun: Stories, a collection of his speculative short fiction. Menon's Half of What I Say was shortlisted for the 2016 Hindu Literary Prize. He co-edited Breaking the Bow, an international anthology of short fiction inspired by the Ramayana. His debut YA novel, The Beast With Nine Billion Feet, was shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword award and the 2010 Parallax prize. His short fiction has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Hebrew, Igbo, and Romanian. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of The Bombay Literary Magazine.
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