Burial at Sea

In this, his first novella in five years, one of India's most widely read authors returns to territories he knows best: twentieth-century Indian history, bogus religion, and sexuality. After Nehru, Victor Jai Bhagwan is Mahatma Gandhi's favourite Indian-a brilliant young man with the temperament of a leader and fiercely committed to his country. Though Victor adores and respects Gandhi, he disagrees with the Mahatma's vision for the future of India. He returns from university in England determined to bring the benefits of modern industry to the subcontinent, and within a few years of India's independence, becomes the country's biggest tycoon. But this is not the only ideal of Gandhi's that he defies: facing a midlife crisis, he falls passionately in love with a tantric god-woman who introduces him to the pleasures of unbridled sexuality, but also becomes the reason for his downfall.

Comic, tender, and erotic by turns, Burial at Sea is vintage Khushwant Singh.

In aceasta, prima sa romana din ultimii cinci ani, unul dintre cei mai cititi autori din India se intoarce pe teritoriile pe care le cunoaste cel mai bine: istoria indiana din secolul al XX-lea, religia falsa si sexualitatea. Dupa Nehru, Victor Jai Bhagwan este indianul preferat al lui Mahatma Gandhi - un tanar stralucit, cu temperament de lider si ferm angajat in tara sa.