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Beggars Bedlam

English

By (author): Nabarun Bhattacharya

Translated by: Rijula Das

A hilarious and absurdist take on the political landscape of West Bengal, India.

Beggars Bedlam is a surreal novel that unleashes the chaos of the carnival on the familiar. Part literary descendent of Bulgakovs The Master and Margarita and part a reconstruction of lost Bengali history, Nabarun Bhattacharyas 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 Flaperoosmen with a predilection for alcohol and petty vandalismto declare outright war against the MarxistLeninist 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. See more
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Will deliver when available. Publication date 04 Nov 2024

Product Details
  • Weight: 626g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781803093789

About Nabarun Bhattacharya

Nabarun Bhattacharya (19482014) was a prominent Bengali writer who enjoyed cult following in his lifetime and beyond. A journalist from 1973 to 1991 at a foreign news agency he gave up that career to become a full-time writer. Novelist and short-story writer he was also a prolific poet. Rijula Das is a novelist and translator. Her work has been translated into French Russian and German.

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