{"product_id":"the-great-indian-novel-9781611453188","title":"The Great Indian Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A wickedly funny satire, sparing no one, not even Mahatma Gandhi . . . Just thinking about it makes me want to go back and reread it.\"--Fareed Zakaria, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this award-winning novel, Shashi Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Mahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, with fictionalized but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Blending history and myth, Tharoor directs his satire as much against Indian foibles as the bumbling of the British rulers to chronicle the struggle for Indian freedom and independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Indian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that is alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611453188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.09w x 1.18d","brand":"Shashi Tharoor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917323767989,"sku":"9781611453188","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7c908f7d-aac3-4b22-89c2-c0c7b48ff4ec.jpg?v=1687282418","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-great-indian-novel-9781611453188","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}