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English, August : an Indian story by Upamanyu Chatterjee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job, which takes him to Madna - a town with the highest temperatures in India - deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be much easier than living with himself. English, August is a comic masterpiece from contemporary India.

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Author

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Publisher

Penguin Books [India] in association with Faber and Faber

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571153190

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (4,158 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13