{"product_id":"the-quite-riot-of-robin-shute-p-9788129124838","title":"The Quite Riot Of Robin Shute P","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Prabhjot Kaur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobin Shute P., aka Boy, grows up in Tangy, a coastal village in Kerala. His staunchly Communist father, Accha, saddles Boy with a puzzling name thanks to his own fascination with a girl named Alice. Growing up in a borderline dysfunctional family, Boy has an eventful childhood his mother is anxiety-ridden, his boisterous sister Suki lords over him, and his two dogs, though tiny, are quite vicious. Boy s own quirks, eccentricities, and his occasionally hare-brained schemes don t help him much either. However, the family s oddities, including Boy s obsessive coin-collecting, Suki s radical feminism, Amma s hypochondria and Accha s altruism, are redeemed by their acceptance of each other, and their dogged optimism in the face of penury. And even when Robin grows up to become a responsible doctor (to everyone s surprise) the madness of his childhood days never quite leaves him. Set in the backwaters of Kerala, The Quiet Riot of Robin Shute P. is the poignant and funny coming-of-age tale of a young boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45675043192983,"sku":"9788129124838","price":192.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788129124838.webp?v=1769295415","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-quite-riot-of-robin-shute-p-9788129124838","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}