A story of family and migration
India, Sept. 5 -- Joachim Coutinho's life in Mangaluru is in a rut: a ne'er-do-well father, a mother and sister to provide for, never enough money, and dreams of being an actor in Bollywood which are going nowhere. He sets his sights on Bahrain and a job he hopes will improve his situation. Life in the Middle-East, however, proves to be harder still.
He's lonely, and lives with a constant sense of inadequacy. But at least he's a success story at home, and a brave face is what he must put on.
Back in Mangaluru, Joachim's nephew, Darrel Serrao, looks on with envy.
He wants everything his uncle has: a loving family, a good job and a life of plenty in a foreign land. Surely if Joachim can do it, so can he?
Building incrementally, You Envy the Coutinhos tells a story of family and migration, ambition and disillusionment. This is a gloriously dramatic tragicomic tale, astute in its understanding of human relationships....
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