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A hilarious and absurdist take on the political landscape of West Bengal, India. Beggar’s Bedlam is a surreal novel that unleashes the chaos of the carnival on the familiar. Part literary descendent of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita and part a reconstruction of lost Bengali history, Nabarun Bhattacharya’s masterpiece is a jubilant, fizzing wire of subaltern anarchy and insurrection.   Marshall Bhodi Sarkar and his lieutenant Sarkhel surreptitiously dig on the banks of the Ganges River looking for crude oil reserves. Instead, they unearth curved daggers, rusty broadswords, and a Portuguese cannon. Bhodi is an occasional military man and the lead sorcerer of the secret black-magic sect named Choktar. He joins forces with the flying Flaperoos—men with a predilection for alcohol and petty vandalism—to declare outright war against the Marxist–Leninist West Bengal government. In a bloodless revolution that is fascinating in its utter implausibility, a motley crew of yet more implausible characters come together in a magic-realist fictional remapping of Calcutta.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
184
ISBN-13:
9781803093789
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1803093781
Udg. Dato:
13 dec 2024
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Seagull Books London Ltd
Oplagsdato:
13 dec 2024
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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