Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry (Knopf). In this beautifully paced and elegantly crafted novel, the acclaimed Indian-Canadian author tells a story of familial love and obligation, political and personal corruption, and religious complexity. In focusing on a Parsi family living in Bombay, Mistry illustrates the universal in the particular. Mistry was born in Bombay and immigrated to Canada in 1975.