Men Like Ours

Author: Bindu Bansinath
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"The most promising debut I've read in decades." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends
From a brilliant new voice in fiction, a darkly comic and moving story about death, life, and community in a South Asian suburban enclave of New Jersey.
When Matthew Pillai is found dead, slumped over the wheel of his BMW, the women of Willow Road are roped into the investigation of their friend's death.
At the center of the case are the Sharmas--Anita, a widow whose late husband introduced Matthew to the neighborhood, and her boundary-pushing daughter, Leila, who called him Uncle. To Anita, who has been in freefall since her arrival in the United States as a young woman, Matthew's presence offered hope, including a promise of betterment for Leila. The truth, however, is far stranger.
In this darkly funny debut, the women of Willow Road find that despite their internecine quarrels, casual backstabbing, and generational feuds, in the end, there is no one to turn to but each other.

New May South Asian Book Releases!

Here are some of the wonderful South Asian books releasing this month!

Posts about this title from Books Right Now

• The Winged Game — Sophie Kim ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  You know that feeling when you need a book to just remind you that reading is fun? This was that book for me. It's a fantasy SPORTS romance — yes, both of those things, together, and I had no idea I needed it.

• Out of Her League — Ava Rani ⭐⭐⭐
  A cute, sparkly beach-day read. It was a solid time, not a life-changer.

• Yellowface — R.F. Kuang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  The moral of the story? White women are crazy. June steals the work of her Asian friend Athena and then somehow convinces herself she's the victim.

• The Girl with a Thousand Faces — Sunyi Dean ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  This starts as a ghostly detective tale set in 1940s Hong Kong, post-invasion, and unfolds into something monumental.*

• Men Like Ours — Bindu Bansinath ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  This book made me deeply uncomfortable, and I think that was entirely the point. It takes some of the most painful tendencies that can exist in South Asian culture and concentrates them all into one street.

• Burn the Sea — Mona Tewari ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  Watching Abbakka go from a reluctant queen to a hero for her whole country was everything — you feel every ounce of her doubt and grief.

Surprise: the Wild Card Book Club is officially happening 📚!
Woooo! So, the reason I built Wild Card Reads was to have a place where we could actually talk about books. Here's how it works:

• Everyone gets into the Discord to hang out and discuss plot twists.
• $5 members will have access to our monthly live virtual book club session with guest appearances by authors.
• $12 members get everything above, plus first dibs on future plans, including in-person meetups.

Our first pick and full details are coming soon. Keep your eyes peeled.

Thank you for being here for this dispatch. I hope someone read this to the end because I YAPPED.
Talk soon, Samia 🌷