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Synopsis
One of the funniest and most original Indian novels ever, this is the story of Vijay Prabhu, a small-town Indian boy, survivor of assorted Jesuit and convent boarding schools and the Five Pillars of Oppression--bells, canes, penis shame, girl shame, and sports. Filled with cruelly uncontrollable erotic longing and a desire to escape the floor-sweeping skirts of Mangalore, he embarks on a sexual and spiritual odyssey that ends in America, the land of free sex, greenbacks, and Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup.
Along the way, this cult classic, hailed as a landmark by Khushwant Singh, gives us new and glorious insights into childhood, desire, ambition, sex, and naïve Third World dreamers of the American Dream.
"Irreverent, unputdownable . . . has a comic timing never seen in any Indian novel to date." --The Indian Express
"Encapsulates the feelings of an entire generation of Indian men."--Masala Magazine, New York
"Should be read for the sheer pleasure of reading." --The Pioneer
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From the Author
This book took me a lot of courage to write and publish, and it was by far the boldest book to come out of India until that time. I wanted to say things that had never been said, and that could get you arrested if you tried to say them in print, in India. My editor was nervous about the book getting banned, and at least one newspaper suggested that I should at least be excommunicated. It was hard work, but it also gave me joy to write what no one had ever written before. It is the first book of my Freedom Trilogy--the second and third are "Impressing the Whites" and "The Killing of an Author." The idea behind the Freedom Trilogy is that Indians have equal right to the highest freedom any writer anywhere is permitted, and my refusal to write like a good colonial citizen, as Indians were expected to write. --Richard Crasta, the author
About the Author
Richard Crasta is the author of 12 books and "The Revised Kama Sutra", originally published by Viking Penguin India in hardcover, was an Indian bestseller. It has been widely reviewed and published in 15 editions worldwide. This is the Fourth Estate UK edition of the book.
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- ISBN 10 1857023145
- ISBN 13 9781857023145
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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