{"product_id":"english-august-an-indian-story-9781590171790","title":"English, August: An Indian Story","description":"Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job. The job takes him to Madna, \"the hottest town in India,\" deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be a lot easier for August than living with himself.\u003ci\u003e English, August \u003c\/i\u003eis a comic masterpiece from contemporary India. Like \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e, it is both an inspired and hilarious satire and a timeless story of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 5.62w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2006 pg. 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2006 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2006 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2006 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2006 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Upamanyu Chatterjee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705106792629,"sku":"9781590171790","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_03f0253e-4837-436d-9df8-c458f6763bae.jpg?v=1709654666","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/english-august-an-indian-story-9781590171790","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}