{"product_id":"beggars-bedlam-9781803093789","title":"Beggar's Bedlam","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hilarious and absurdist take on the political landscape of West Bengal, India.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeggar's Bedlam\u003c\/i\u003e is a surreal novel that unleashes the chaos of the carnival on the familiar. Part literary descendent of Bulgakov's \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e and part a reconstruction of lost Bengali history, Nabarun Bhattacharya's masterpiece is a jubilant, fizzing wire of subaltern anarchy and insurrection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marshall Bhodi Sarkar and his lieutenant Sarkhel surreptitiously dig on the banks of the Ganges River looking for crude oil reserves. Instead, they unearth curved daggers, rusty broadswords, and a Portuguese cannon. Bhodi is an occasional military man and the lead sorcerer of the secret black-magic sect named Choktar. He joins forces with the flying Flaperoos--men with a predilection for alcohol and petty vandalism--to declare outright war against the Marxist-Leninist West Bengal government. In a bloodless revolution that is fascinating in its utter implausibility, a motley crew of yet more implausible characters come together in a magic-realist fictional remapping of Calcutta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803093789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nabarun Bhattacharya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145887445173,"sku":"9781803093789","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e8b502b8-b43d-454f-8b03-e70ea67443b2.jpg?v=1715698823","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beggars-bedlam-9781803093789","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}