Mango Man in the Republic of Bananas (English, Paperback, Randeep Wadehra)
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Highlights
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Self Published
- Genre: Humor
- ISBN: 9789385186769, 9385186760
- Edition: 1, 2016
- Pages: 157
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Set in an imaginary South Asian Republic, Mango Man in the Republic of Bananas casts a sardonic eye on the way democracies function. This funny and trenchant burlesque&8217;s mainstay is &8216;the curse&8217; that begins with a massacre and ends in a bloodbath twenty years later when it destroys a regime ruled by an evil troika. What is the curse about? How does it play out? Read all about it in this sizzling action packed political satire.
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Mango man in the republic of bananas
It is one of those books that I read through in a single sitting. Randeep has lucidly captured the sordidity that plagues
less evolved democracies - a deadly combination of political power, money power and unscrupulousness.
His choice of names for the characters, in keeping with their personalities, is a striking feature of the novel. The best
of all is the pseudo name Girgit, the chameleon !
However the name Virakta for a women who is sensuous and passionate seemed a bit of a misnomer. ...
READ MOREless evolved democracies - a deadly combination of political power, money power and unscrupulousness.
His choice of names for the characters, in keeping with their personalities, is a striking feature of the novel. The best
of all is the pseudo name Girgit, the chameleon !
However the name Virakta for a women who is sensuous and passionate seemed a bit of a misnomer. ...
C P RAVINDRANATH
Aug, 2016
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Contemporary Political Satire
Mr. Randeep Wadhera's first novel - Mango Man in the Republic of Bananas is a very contemporary political satire where two political reformers look very close to Anna Hazare and the person associated with the anti corruption movement, whom I do not want to name for I have never liked him. But the character of the reformer- Swamiji's is no satire as it faithfully dots Anna Hazare with all reverence he deserves. The other aspects where it does not don any tinge of satire are frequent reference...
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