An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma

Darkness enfolds most of this novel, but there are touches of absurdity that lighten the mood a little. The eponymous father is a corrupt government official in Delhi, India who is paying a deep psychological penalty for having molested his daughter when she was small. He has actually allowed that daughter to move in with him and waits for her to call him out on his past behavior. How he handles it when she does is just amazing and nothing you could ever anticipate. Meanwhile he is entangled in political intrigue and gets into a bit of trouble over the bribery money he has collected. Sharma is an excellent writer and his book is a great read if you can take the yuckiness of pedophilia and a little animal cruelty.