The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel

By Richard Crasta
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Published: Oct. 08, 2010
Words: 123,706 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452379944

Short description

In this widely praised, "delicate and hilarious" modern comic novel about a boy growing up in India with an American Dream and an erection to match, "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "David Copperfield" meet "Catcher in the Rye" and "Portnoy's Complaint." This novel of childhood, coming of age, modern Indian manhood, and the upside-down Indian scene, was described as “very funny” by Kurt Vonnegut.

Extended description

In this widely praised, "delicate and hilarious" modern comic novel about a boy growing up in India with an American Dream and an erection to match, "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "David Copperfield" meet "Catcher in the Rye" and "Portnoy's Complaint." This novel of childhood, coming of age, of modern Indian manhood, and an American Dream was described as “very funny” by Kurt Vonnegut.

With its plain-speaking and comic descriptions of puberty and sexual repression, the novel is one of a handful of books recommended by The Lonely Planet Guide to South India, which praised it for its descriptions of small town life in South India.

"Very funny."--Kurt Vonnegut (Read more) In this widely praised, "delicate and hilarious" modern comic novel about a boy growing up in India with an American Dream and an erection to match, "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "David Copperfield" meet "Catcher in the Rye" and "Portnoy's Complaint." This novel of childhood, coming of age, of modern Indian manhood, and an American Dream was described as “very funny” by Kurt Vonnegut.

With its plain-speaking and comic descriptions of puberty and sexual repression, the novel is one of a handful of books recommended by The Lonely Planet Guide to South India, which praised it for its descriptions of small town life in South India.

"Very funny."--Kurt Vonnegut
"Hilarious."--Tim O'Brien, winner of the National Book Award.
"A craftsman of letters. Hilarious. Almost read it nonstop. A landmark" --Khushwant Singh
"Hilarious . . . surrealist . . . important."--The Hindu
"An Indian Catcher in the Rye, a South Indian Confederacy of Dunces."--Mark David Ledbetter
"Yours is the most f***-ed up, bewildering case, brought to my attention . . . very funny"--Kurt Vonnegut.

--"In a bittersweet satirical way, the book is about the life of an average Everyman from India."—Masala Magazine

--"Warm, sensitive, and very, very funny."--Business Standard.

--“Delightfully witty... unputdownable... brilliant . . . a novel written from the heart. Should be read for the sheer pleasure of reading.” —The Pioneer

--“Should be a recognized classic. An exuberant Catcher In The Rye, a South Indian Confederacy of Dunces, spiced with the author's indefatigable love of hilarious word play.”—Mark Ledbetter, Linguist, "Akayoshi's Compendium of Cool Indies"
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coming of age, american dream, literary fiction, jackie kennedy, culture shock, comic novel, indian portnoys complaint, immigrant story, subversive fiction, clash of christianity and sex

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