{"id":2640,"date":"2002-11-29T22:27:04","date_gmt":"2002-11-30T02:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:37:41","slug":"stealing-the-ambassador-by-sameer-parekh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/stealing-the-ambassador-by-sameer-parekh\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealing the Ambassador by Sameer Parekh [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2002\/11\/Stealing-the-Ambassador.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-32246\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2002\/11\/Stealing-the-Ambassador.jpg\" alt=\"Stealing the Ambassador\" width=\"940\" height=\"1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2002\/11\/Stealing-the-Ambassador.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2002\/11\/Stealing-the-Ambassador-500x800.jpg 500w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2002\/11\/Stealing-the-Ambassador-800x1280.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>An absolutely fabulous first novel about young Indian American named Rajiv Kothari, and his path to understanding his recently deceased father, his father\u2019s view of life as an immigrant, and his own experience navigating two worlds. It\u2019s all framed by an odd airport encounter between Rajiv and a recent student immigrant who happens to have Rajiv\u2019s deceased father\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AsianWeek<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">, November 29, 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2641\" title=\"Stealing the Ambassador\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/05\/stealing-the-ambassador.jpg\" alt=\"Stealing the Ambassador\" width=\"127\" height=\"201\" \/>An absolutely fabulous first novel about young Indian American named Rajiv Kothari, and his path to understanding his recently deceased father, his father\u2019s view of life as an immigrant, and his own experience navigating two worlds. It\u2019s all framed by an odd airport encounter between Rajiv and a recent student immigrant who happens to have Rajiv\u2019s deceased father\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AsianWeek<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/05\/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">, November 29, 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,52,53,6535,17,18],"tags":[3598,83,6608,58,10,189,135,51,25,39,28,5130,5131],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-fiction","category-indian","category-indian-american","category-repost","category-south-asian","category-south-asian-american","tag-asianweek","tag-assimilation","tag-bookdragon","tag-coming-of-age","tag-family","tag-father-son-relationship","tag-grandparents","tag-identity","tag-immigration","tag-parent-child-relationship","tag-politics","tag-sameer-parekh","tag-stealing-the-ambassador"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stealing the Ambassador by Sameer Parekh [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/stealing-the-ambassador-by-sameer-parekh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stealing the Ambassador by Sameer Parekh [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An absolutely fabulous first novel about young Indian American named Rajiv Kothari, and his path to understanding his recently deceased father, his father\u2019s view of life as an immigrant, and his own experience navigating two worlds. 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