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Book Title: The Great Indian Novel
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The young Indian writer Shashi Tharoor's ambitious first novel is at once a parody of the Mahabharata and an act of homage that retells it in terms of 20th century Indian history.... Mr Tharoor's attitude is best captured by the self-deprecating playfulness of his title.... He's undertaken as well a parody of British writing about India.... Nearly all of this is ingenious and some of it is inspired.

Author Name: Shashi Tharoor
Reference Number:460
ISBN: 978-0140120493
Number of Pages: 418
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