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| Author | Manil Suri | 
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| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Genre | Philosophical novel | 
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | 
| Publication date | 2001 | 
| Media type | Print (hardcover) | 
| Pages | 295 pp (US hardcover edition) | 
| ISBN | 0-393-05042-4 (US hardcover edition) | 
| OCLC | 44676012 | 
| 813/.6 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.U725 D43 2001 | 
The Death of Vishnu (2001) is a novel by Indian-American writer Manil Suri. The book is about the spiritual journey of a dying man named Vishnu living on a landing of a Bombay apartment building, as well as the lives of the residents living in the building.
Awards and honors
- 2001 Booker Prize, longlist
- 2001 Kiriyama Prize, finalist (fiction)
- 2002 McKitterick Prize, winner
- 2002 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, co-winner
- 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award, nominee
- 2002 ALA Notable Books for Adults
- 2002 Barnes & Noble, winner
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