Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss

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Pub Date 10 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 09 Jul 2020

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'I loved this beautiful book. It's tender and compassionate, written with exquisite care and verve, and so so SO funny' MARIAN KEYES

Professor Chandra is an expert at complex problems. There's just one he can't crack: the secret of happiness

In the moments after the bicycle accident, Professor Chandra doesn’t see his life flash before his eyes, but his life’s work.

He’s just narrowly missed out on the Nobel Prize (again) and even though he knows he should get straight back to his pie charts, his doctor has other ideas.

All this work. All this success. All this stress. It’s killing him. He needs to take a break, start enjoying himself. In short, says his doctor (who is from California), Professor Chandra should just follow his bliss.

He doesn’t know it yet, but Professor Chandra is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime.

'I loved this beautiful book. It's tender and compassionate, written with exquisite care and verve, and so so SO funny' MARIAN KEYES

Professor Chandra is an expert at complex problems. There's just...


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ISBN 9781784742539
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PAGES 352

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This is such a sweet and funny book, I absolutely loved it. Chandra is not instantly likeable but you soon start to fall for his quirks. A lovely read, highly recommend.

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“Professor Chandra follows his bliss” is one of these absolutely uplifting, charming books. Feeling a little down and out or short in energy? This book will pick you up, make you chuckle and recharge your batteries. Peppered with humor and wisdom in equal proportions, the book addresses in a clever way such serious subjects as an failed family life, a broken marriage, estranged children and what changes could lead to a happier life.
Professor Chandra’s life goal has been to win the Nobel Peace prize believing this would put a golden glow over his unsuccessful private life. He is a self-righteous bastard who managed to wrack his marriage and drive away his three children. When he suffers a bicycle accident and a silent heart attack after learning the Nobel Peace prize in economics has surpassed him yet again, his doctor orders him to take time out and follow his bliss. This of course is all mumbo jumbo to a person who is deeply matter of fact and suspicious of emotions and anything that cannot be explained logically. An offer for a guest professorship in California, where his divorced wife resides with his youngest daughter and her second husband, helps him to change his mind and soon Chandra finds himself a guest in his estranged wife’s house with her New Age savvy husband Steve. It is soon decided that Chandra although nearing 70 should sign up for a course at the famous Esalen Institute to stretch his emotional limits. And so his journey of finding his bliss begins which often feels more like getting heart blisters …….
I really loved going back to this intelligent, funny novel which never failed to put me in an upbeat mood. The ending could have been less predictable but it did not spoil the quality of the book.

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WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA.

Every year, Professor Emeritus P. R. Chandrasekhar is hotly tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Economics. The professor expects it too – and yet each year he is disappointed. He’s now past caring (or so he at least claims). As Chandra recovers after being injured in a traffic accident, he knows it’s time to reassess his life, his career and his relationships with his three children. When his ex-wife’s new partner manipulates him into visiting a Californian retreat, Chandra reluctantly agrees to give this ‘new-age nonsense’ a go.

Rajeev Balasubramanyam explores the dynamics of a distinguished and highly successful man on the rest of his family. The writing is eminently readable and there are moments of insight: “mediocrity was a great leveller” as well as some welcome humour like Chandra’s fall-back economist joke: “the one about the woman whose doctor tells her she has six months to live and advises her to marry an economist and move to Kansas. ‘Why?’ says the woman. ‘Will this cure my illness?’ ‘No,’ says the doctor, ‘but those six months will feel like a lifetime’.”

The title and cover art might lead one to expect a frivolous read but in fact this novel has some important things to say even though, sadly, it runs out of steam towards the end. 3.5*

My thanks to Chatto & Windus for the review copy via NetGalley.

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