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(0)Rohinton Mistry
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Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson's and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent....
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It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man whose modest life begins unraveling-- his young daughter falls ill, his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him ... One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking for his help. Noble finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception and becomes caught in a political...