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The Revised Kama Sutra
One of the funniest and most talked about novels to come out of India, The Revised Kama Sutra, with its distinctive voice and its hilarious story of an Indian boy growing into manhood, has garnered rave reviews from readers and critics alike and has been translated into languages as diverse and exotic as Latvian and Hebrew.
The Revised Kama Sutra tells the story of Vijay Prabhu, a small-town, middle-class Indian boy, a survivor of assorted Jesuit boarding schools and the Five Pillars of Oppression—bells, canes, penis shame, girl shame, and sports. Filled with erotic longing and a deep desire to be free of conservative Mangalore, Vijay Prabhu embarks on a sexual and spiritual odyssey that finally ends in America , the land of free sex, free speech, greenbacks, and Campbell ’s Cream of Chicken Soup. $17.95
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The Killing of an Author
What did Saul Bellow’s agent, Sonny Mehta, and Tim O’Brien have in common? Why was John Updike upset by an honest compliment from a starstruck author? What did Tim O’Brien read to his girl friend? What was the racket run by Norman Mailer’s superagent, and which the author found himself a part of? Discover the answers in this literary thriller and true story of literature and publishing, one that has been praised for its integrity, sense of humor, and courage.
This literary autobiography is a thriller occurring partly in India and partly in the Land of the Milk, Honey, and Bush. It is the story of a small town Indian’s quest in publishing’s world capital, New York, and is in parts Tragedy, Comedy, and a Who’s Who of the Literary Universe. $17.95
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Impressing the Whites
Described as “brilliant social criticism” and “courageous”, Impressing the Whites expresses the unspoken thoughts of many nonwhites, and how they negotiate their lives in a world where “white is the color of power.” It expresses what nonwhites “often say amongst ourselves, but dare not say in public.” This book is Richard Crasta’s second most successful and widely discussed book after “The Revised Kama Sutra,” and used copies are in high demand on the market.
What explains the complex relationship that white people have white nonwhite people, and what are a few of the tricks and stratagems that nonwhites use to impress whites? $17.95
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Eaten by the Japanese
“Eaten by the Japanese” is the inspiring story of John Baptist Crasta, an Indian soldier in the British Indian Army, who miraculously survives 3 1/2 years of inhuman imprisonment and bombardment during World War II. Rescued by Australians, he returns home to India and writes this memoir in 1946. He then waits another 51 years before it is read and published by his son, who by then is an author living in the United States. In the process of reading and publishing the book, the son rediscovers his father.
This shocking and poignant story of World War II and its forgotten Indian Prisoners of War has never been told before from the viewpoint of an ordinary Indian soldier who was there, as one of its actor-victims. $15.00
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A collection of humor, essays on political and literary issues, satire: even 14 years later, I consider this to be one of my most daring books, despite its flaws, its unevenness, and its occasional weakness.“His subjects inspire the sparkling best in him and his fine prose is as sparkling as ever with wit, racy yet refined.”–Indian Express“Pungent, witty and incisive . . . leaves the reader surprised, provoked and sometimes outraged. Guaranteed to make a good read.”–Press Trust of India. $17.95
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