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Max Pzoras, the child of immigrants, triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. But when he´s involved in a violent street scuffle, Max confronts questions about mortality that have dogged him since his mother´s death. In this captivating novel of spiritual discovery, a young man travels to India and finds himself tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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"A beautifully rendered epic journey . . . . The novel works on many levels and excels at them all." -New York Journal of Books

In this captivating and surprising novel of spiritual discovery-a No. 1 bestseller in India-a young American travels to India and finds himself tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet on the frigid December night he´s involved in a violent street scuffle, Max begins to confront questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother´s death.

His search takes him to the farthest reaches of India, where he encounters a mysterious night market, almost freezes to death on a hike up the Himalayas, and finds himself in an ashram in a drought-stricken village in South India. As Max seeks answers to questions that have bedeviled him-can yogis walk on water and live for 200 years without aging? Can a flesh-and-blood man ever achieve nirvana?-he struggles to overcome his skepticism and the pull of family tugging him home. In an ultimate bid for answers, he embarks on a dangerous solitary meditation in a freezing Himalayan cave, where his physical and spiritual endurance is put to its most extreme test.

By turns a gripping adventure story and a journey of tremendous inner transformation, The Yoga of Max´s Discontent is a contemporary take on man´s classic quest for transcendence.

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Karan Bajaj is a bestselling novelist and striving yogi. Born and raised in India, he has trained as a Hatha Yoga teacher in the Sivananda ashram in South India and learned meditation in the Himalayas. He is the author of the novels Johnny Gone Down and Keep off the Grass, both of which were No. 1 bestsellers in India. He´s been named one of India Today´s Top 35 Under 35. He lives in New York City.

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