The Immortal King Rao - Vauhini Vara

Finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in FictionOne of Vulture''s Books We Can''t Wait to Read in 2022One of The Millions'' Most Anticipated Books of 2022One of The Observer''s Fiction to Look Out for in 2022One of MS Magazine''s Most Anticipated Books of 2022One of Literary Hub''s Most Anticipated Books of 2022An Indian Express Book to Look Out for in 2022''A brilliant and beautifully written book about capitalism and the patriarchy, about Dalit India and digital America, about power and family and love'' Alex Preston, Observer, ''Fiction to look out for in 2022''Vauhini Vara''s lyrical and thought-provoking debut novel begins in India in the 1950s, following a young man born into a Dalit family of coconut farmers in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh. King Rao, as he comes to be known, later moves to the US, where he studies in Seattle, meeting the love of his life and his business partner, the smart and self-assured Margie. King Rao ultimately rises up through Silicon Valley to become the most famous tech CEO in the world and the leader of a powerful, corporate-owned global government. Yet he ultimately ends up living on a remote island off the coast of Washington state, an exile from the world which he has helped build.There, in a beautiful home on an otherwise deserted island, he brings up his brilliant daughter, Athena. Shielded from the world''s glances, in many ways she has an idyllic childhood, but she will be forced to reexamine her father''s past and take steps to t
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