{"product_id":"english-august-an-indian-story-p","title":"English, August: An Indian Story (P)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish, August: An Indian Story by Upamanyu Chatterjee\n\u003cbr\u003eA Cult Classic of Urban Disillusionment and Rural India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgastya Sen—urban, English-speaking, and mildly stoned—is a young civil servant posted to the dusty provincial town of Madna. Surrounded by bureaucracy, boredom, and brutal heat, he navigates small-town life while daydreaming about women, literature, and marijuana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWry, irreverent, and darkly comic, English, August captures the absurdities of postcolonial Indian bureaucracy and the existential drift of a generation. A cult classic in Indian English literature, this novel is both hilarious and haunting in its portrayal of youth, identity, and alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeywords : English August book, Upamanyu Chatterjee novel, Indian bureaucracy fiction, civil servant in India, coming-of-age Indian novel, cult classic Indian literature, dark humour novel India, Agastya Sen story, Indian English fiction, satire of government life\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upamanyu Chatterjee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52105846489363,"sku":"BY1.4980","price":240.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4494\/6707\/files\/EnglishAugustanIndianstoryNowamajorFilmP_1.webp?v=1753359496","url":"https:\/\/booksandyou.in\/products\/english-august-an-indian-story-p","provider":"Books and You","version":"1.0","type":"link"}