About the Book
The Tigerclaw Tree follows the shifting fortunes of four generations of a Tenkalai Iyengar family, as each member confronts his or her own role in their family legacy of idealism, political involvement and, ultimately, betrayal. First published in 1998, this attractive new edition brings to life again a novel that became a cult classic in its time.
About the Author
P.A. Krishnan started his career as a teacher, became a bureaucrat in the Government of India and shed that mantle to become the CEO of a research foundation. He is presently a Senior Director of a multinational company. An accomplished writer, both in English and Tamil, he lives in Delhi with his wife, Revathi, who is a teacher. His only son, Siddharth, lives in Mountain View, California with his wife, Vinita.
Marketing & Sales Highlights
-A twentieth-century family saga
-The book became a cult classic when first published
-Written by an acclaimed writer who was compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.