The title is intentionally uncapitalized in keeping with the original. The author is Jhumpa Lahiri, winner of the Pulitzer prize with her previous "interpreter of maladies". This 2003 publication is a work of fiction (ISBN 0-618-48522-8).
I felt a strong connection with the main character, Gogol(also called Nikhil), as he was born near the time of my birth in the Northeast. I learned that the Bengalese (people originating from Bangladesh) each have two names: a "good" name for official use such as school registrations and drivers licenses and a "pet" name for use by family and friends. The family in this story is not from the country of Bangladesh. Rather, they are from Calcutta (since re-renamed Kolkata) in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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