{"product_id":"english-august","title":"English, August","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgastya 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\u003eEnglish, August\u003c\/i\u003e is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/184.73.187.38\/media\/doc\/2010\/02\/09\/english-august-chapter.pdf\"\u003eRead the introduction and first chapter of \u003ci\u003eEnglish, August\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"display:\" none\u003eUpamanyu Chatterjee, introduction by Akhil Sharma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55690363043913,"sku":"9781590171790","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/2026\/9897\/files\/English-August.jpg?v=1779095103","url":"https:\/\/yyg0cd-80.myshopify.com\/products\/english-august","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}