AN AMERICAN BOY

SYNOPSIS: “AN AMERICAN BOY”, A BOOKLENGTH WORK OF FICTION DEALS WITH THE TRAVAILS OF AMAN MIRCHANDANI, AN INDIAN-AMERICAN BOY AND SON OF ONE OF AMERICA’S RICHEST IMMIGRANTS, WHO TRAVELS TO INDIA, THE COUNTRY OF HIS ANCESTORS (A COUNTRY HE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE) FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING HIS DISSERTATION BUT BECOMES A FUGITIVE AND FINALLY A SEEKER OF SELF-REALIZATION IN HIS SHORTLIVED EXISTENCE.