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'''Manu Bhattathiri''' is the author of ''Savithri’s Special Room and Other Stories'' and ''The Town That Laughed.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/joby-and-his-friends-the-town-that-laughed-by-manu-bhattathiri/article24714476.ece|title=Joby and his friends: 'The Town That Laughed' by Manu Bhattathiri|last=Ghose|first=Mita|date=2018-08-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is also the co-founder of Cheers! Communications, an [[advertising agency]] based out of [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], India. ''The Town That Laughed'' has been listed by [[The Hindu]] as one of the top 10 books (fiction) of 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-top-10-of-2018/article25797927.ece|title=The Hindu's top 10 fiction books of 2018|date=2018-12-22|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-12-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
The fictional town of Karuthupuzha is the setting for both of Manu Bhattathiri's works, ''Savithri's Special Room'' and ''The Town That Laughed''. According to Bhattathiri, "it (Karuthupuzha) has enough violently funny, emotionally intense and beautifully imperfect people to write many stories about."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/270918/turning-on-the-rustic-charm.html|title=Turning on the rustic charm|date=2018-09-27|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en}}</ref> The Hindu's review of ''The Town That Laughed'' has this to say: "Where the author truly excels, however, is in his characterisation."<ref name=":0" /> His style of writing, especially the setting of his stories in a small town, has been repeatedly compared to [[R. K. Narayan|RK Narayan]]'s [[Malgudi Days (short story collection)|Malgudi]] by The Hindu,<ref name=":0" /> [[the New Indian Express]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/jun/18/Beautiful-fictions-of-karuthupuzha-941592.html|title=Beautiful fictions of karuthupuzha|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref> and [[Hindustan Times|the Hindustan Times]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/a-return-to-innocence-review-of-manu-bhattathiri-s-savithri-s-special-room-and-other-stories/story-QHTBgGNNxdU7ZIOBqyS2jL.html|title=Review of Manu Bhattathiri's Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories|date=2016-11-16|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref><br />
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''Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories'' has been published by [[HarperCollins]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/manu-bhattathiri/|title=HarperCollinsPublishers India {{!}} Manu Bhattathiri|website=harpercollins.co.in|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref> while T''he Town That Laughed'' has been published by the [[Aleph Book Company]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.alephbookcompany.com/authors/manu-bhattathiri/|title=Manu Bhattathiri|date=2018-08-17|work=Aleph Book Company|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories'' was on the shortlist of the Crossword Book Jury Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/862466/a-readers-guide-to-the-five-books-on-the-fiction-shortlist-of-the-crossword-book-jury-awards|title=A reader's guide to the five books on the fiction shortlist of the Crossword Book Jury Awards|last=Gill|first=Harsimran|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-US}}</ref> ''The Town That Laughed'' has been listed by [[The Hindu]] as one of the top 10 books (fiction) of 2018.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Bhattathiri's forthcoming book ''The Oracle of Karuthupuzha'' will be published by Aleph Book Company on 10 April 2021.<br />
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