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Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Satire and humor at its rawest By: sheermelody | Dec 20, 2006 11:59 PM This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. And probably the best attempt at humorous and mind-bending satire by an Indian author. It all starts with the name, to be more precise: the comma... Read complete review |  Read 663 times |  Comments (9)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Required reading for the lost By: thebigbadwolf | May 06, 2006 01:21 AM I finally polished up English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee. It was a hazaar f*cked up book(as so often mentioned by the protagonist in the novel) and I realized this somewhere in the middle of it, but... Read complete review |  Read 605 times |  Comments (4)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Recommended! By: nid_mak | Mar 21, 2006 12:04 AM I was a bit tired of reading Julian Barnes when I chanced upon English, August among the umpteenth number of books on the shelves of British Council library. The book was written in 1988 and the author... Read complete review |  Read 777 times |  Comments (8)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	48 ENJOYABLE HOURS OF EXPLORING AGASTYA'S LIFE By: BORN2THINK | Mar 12, 2006 12:19 PM THIS BOOK HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR A PERSON WHO WISHES TO JOIN THE CIVIL SERVICES AND YES, I DO THINK THAT THE BOOK HELD MY ATTENTION TILL THE VERY END.THERE IS A CONSTANT UNDERCURRENT OF IRONY IN... Read complete review |  Read 464 times |  Comments (0)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	ogu, agatsya.... By: arunash | Jul 11, 2005 10:49 PM how often do we come across novels that place us in the role of the protagonist? how often does life seem complex before u start a novel and by the time u finish it, u feel good, not bcos ure problems... Read complete review |  Read 834 times |  Comments (0)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Antiutopia By: Sachin.Kapoor | Mar 26, 2005 02:07 AM The Great Indian Middle Class is a very dynamic phenomenon which has created a way of life which could be termed as quite monotonous, but at the same time one which provides security-financial and social.... Read complete review |  Read 612 times |  Comments (7)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: No	A very boring and dirty book By: anurag18571 | Feb 26, 2005 02:52 PM Now what do you say about a IAS officer who smokes a joint and fantasizes about every new girl he meets regardless of station of the girl or anything else. Does not take his responsibilities seriously... Read complete review |  Read 616 times |  Comments (11)	Not Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	A Must Read! By: naughtychap | Feb 26, 2005 02:41 PM It starts off at an interesting note with the central character Agastya and his conversation with his cousin (His cousin is called Dhrubo? Note all the characters here have interesting and amazingly real... Read complete review |  Read 591 times |  Comments (4)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	IAS Officer-on ki jai !.. By: Aparna21 | Feb 07, 2005 10:42 AM ...Which means - Hail to IAS officers! I have not read the complete book ? it could not hold my interest actually. I had always heard that IAS officers are selected after very tough entrance... Read complete review |  Read 1860 times |  Comments (1)	Very Useful

Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	A story of every youth By: akulkarni | Nov 06, 2004 07:52 PM It was an extremely hot day in mumbai andI bought a table fan as the ceiling fan wasn?t up to the mark. The skin felt like of a sticky amphibious animal. I picked up English August borrowed from my friend.... Read complete review |  Read 903 times |  Comments (6)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	must-read-once By: rexsjain | Jun 22, 2004 05:03 PM English, August is not everyones cup of tea, it also is not a book that can be praised for its storyline, becauseI didnt find one, but it is a book about the life of a son of governor of bengal, who finds... Read complete review |  Read 1469 times |  Comments (3)	Very Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	Reminds of college life By: braveheart_1947 | Dec 04, 2003 10:30 AM I would not recommend this book to everyone for the language content. That’s because some people get offended very easily. But the whole book constantly reminds me of my college days when I was witness... Read complete review |  Read 1460 times |  Comments (0)	Useful
Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes	No Fun! By: bduttabaruah | Mar 06, 2003 02:14 PM I had been wanting to read this book since a long time... really form the time when it was made into a film starring Rahul Bose. I had heard of the book before that but honestly my interest in the book... Read complete review |  Read 2380 times |  Comments (1)	Very Useful

Product Rating: Readability: Story: Member's Recommendation: Yes

Agastya or August By: samsat | Feb 28, 2003 11:02 AM The book starts with Agastya & his freind Dhrubo’s conversation. ’’I’ve a feeling, August, you’re going to get hazaar fuc-ked in Madna’’ ’’Amazing mix, the English we speak. Hazaar fucked.... Read complete review |  Read 7509 times |  Comments (7)

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