{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in India, \u003cb\u003eUPAMANYU CHATTERJEE \u003c\/b\u003eattended St. Stephen's College in Delhi. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983, later moving to the United Kingdom to serve as the Writer in Residence at the University of Kent. A writer of short stories and novels, he was appointed Director of Languages in the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the Indian government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAKHIL SHARMA \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Delhi, India. He grew up in Edison, New Jersey. His stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Award Winners\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e's Year 2000 \"Writers on the Verge\" Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505327706386,"sku":"9781590171790","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b63b0e07-8d64-4878-8b2d-1f04f9d53c89.jpg?v=1730837798","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/english-august-an-indian-story-9781590171790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}