The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri is an imaginative novel centering around an apartment building in Bombay, all the families that live there, and Vishnu the man who has lived for many years on the landing and now lies there dying. This provokes various responses from the tenants who have known Vishnu for years.

Suri skillfully weaves Hindu Mythology in and out of the story and transports the reader on a wonderful journey. At times funny, at times sad, at times mystical, this is a fully entertaining novel full of universal themes.