The Mammaries of the Welfare State
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The Mammaries of the Welfare State

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Author: Upamanyu ChatterjeePublisher: PenguinYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 437ISBN/UPC (if available): 0-14-027245-3 DescriptionNow in paper back edition, this sequel to earlier book English, August, is a novel of laughter and a hilarious satire.In this sequel to Upamanyu Chatterjee's debut novel, English, August, Agastya Sen — older, funnier, more beleaguered, almost endearing — and some of his friends are back.Comic and Kafkaesque, 'The Mammaries of the Welfare State' is a masterwork of satire by a major writer at the height of his powers.REVIEWS:A searing, savage passage through bureaucratic India….The Mammaries is a book of laughter and disgust, a four-letter rejoinder to the grotesquery of governance'. —India Today'….a hilarious satire.' —The Tribune'….a terrific take-off on the Indian sta

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