In a city where cricket is religion, success is everything.

Selection Day by Aravind Adiga, the Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger, takes readers into the fiercely competitive world of Mumbai cricket, where dreams are built — and broken — under immense pressure. The novel follows two brothers, Radha and Manju Kumar, whose lives are controlled by their ambitious father, who sees cricket as the family’s only path to glory and financial security.

As Selection Day approaches — the crucial moment that could determine their future — hidden desires, personal conflicts, and societal pressures begin to surface. While Radha embodies discipline and dedication, Manju struggles with questions of identity, independence, and self-discovery.

Through sharp satire and penetrating social observation, Adiga examines themes of parental ambition, class divide, masculinity, sexuality, and the psychological cost of chasing dreams in a rapidly changing India. The novel goes beyond sports, offering a layered exploration of power, identity, and the complexities of modern urban life.

Thought-provoking, bold, and emotionally intense, Selection Day is ideal for readers of contemporary Indian literature, sports fiction, and socially relevant storytelling.

A striking portrait of ambition and identity in twenty-first-century India.

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS

Language : English

Binding: Hard Cover

Pages : 280