Selection Day
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Selection Day is a 2016 sports fiction novel written by Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga. It was shortlisted along with four other writers for the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.[1] It tells the story of Mohan Kumar, a chutney seller who trains his two sons: Manju Kumar and Radha Krishna for Mumbai's under-19 cricket team. Here Manju meets his rival, Javed.[2] It was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name.
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Author | Aravind Adiga |
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Country | India |
Language | English |
Genre | Fictional |
Publisher | Picador (UK) HarperCollins (India) |
Publication date | 2016 |
Media type | Print (paperback, hardback) |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN | 978-93-5177-828-8 |
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