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The Last Jet Engine Laugh
Ruchir Joshi
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Description for The Last Jet Engine Laugh
Paperback. The most arresting Indian novel since Arundhati Roy's 'The God of Small Things'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
The most arresting Indian novel since Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’.
Thirty years from now, old Paresh Bhatt settles down to drink an espresso (made, somewhat ostentatiously, with real water), and reflects on the key moments of his life. But even as Paresh recalls his parents' courtship during the freedom movement of the 1930s, his daughter, Para, is in the air – a crack fighter pilot in the belligerent Indian airforce, mounting raids against the Pak-Saudi alliance…
Sharp, modern, fluent and varied, this is a debut novel from India of an utterly original kind. Joshi has found a style and a form in which to say new things about the Indian experience in a new manner.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006551874
SKU
KKD0001626
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Ruchir Joshi
Ruchir Joshi is a trained and practising filmmaker in India. Born and raised in Calcutta, he now lives in Delhi.
Reviews for The Last Jet Engine Laugh
‘The brand new experience after Rushdie: a megashow, Russian in size, Indian in soul.’ India Today ‘Written in the joyous tradition of Tristram Shandy, Joshi has Sterne’s gift for digressions [and] the master’s eye for his surroundings. This is surely a great moment for Indian literature. “The Last Jet-Engine Laugh” debates whether the story of a nation can be the story of a self.’ Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph ‘Exhilarating…Joshi’s narrative jump-cuts with a surreal invention reminiscent of the work of Vonnegut.’ The Times ‘Proof positive that it’s possible for Indian writers to be wickedly cynical, funny and bitter without the scathing edge blunting the Indianness or vice versa…Put simply, “The Last Jet-Engine Laugh” is a family saga across three generations. It’s also (as most really good books are) a love story. But before you yawn and reach for the remote saying, “Yaar, saala, it’s been done before,” it ain’t quite been done like this. Joshi is a most unsuitable boy, and if there were a glass palace about, he’d be the one throwing stones.’ Anita Roy, Biblio ‘Stylish, suggestive, musical…a great moment for Indian literature.’ Daily Telegraph