Author Vivek Shanbhag had a pre-pub dinner with the folks from Prairie Lights, Iowa City, Iowa, to share his upcoming novel, Ghachar Ghochar (Penguin; February 2017), the first book ever to be translated from the South India language Kannada to English. Pictured: (l.-r.) Penguin sales rep Stefan Moorehead; author Vivek Shanbhag; and, from Prairie Lights, Kathleen Johnson, Keli Ebensberger and Jan Weissmiller.
