{"product_id":"beggars-bedlam-by-nabarun-bhattacharya-9781803093789","title":"Beggar’s Bedlam","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hilarious and absurdist take on the political landscape of West Bengal, India.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeggar's Bedlam\u003c\/em\u003e is a surreal novel that unleashes the chaos of the carnival on the familiar. Part literary descendant of Bulgakov's \u003cem\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/em\u003e and part a reconstruction of lost Bengali history, Nabarun Bhattacharya's masterpiece is a jubilant, fizzing wire of subaltern anarchy and insurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarshall Bhodi Sarkar and his lieutenant Sarkhel surreptitiously dig on the banks of the Ganges River looking for crude oil reserves. Instead, they unearth curved daggers, rusty broadswords, and a Portuguese cannon. Bhodi is an occasional military man and the lead sorcerer of the secret black-magic sect named Choktar. He joins forces with the flying Flaperoos—men with a predilection for alcohol and petty vandalism—to declare outright war against the Marxist–Leninist West Bengal government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a bloodless revolution that is fascinating in its utter implausibility, a motley crew of yet more implausible characters come together in a magic-realist fictional remapping of Calcutta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853223219436,"sku":"9781803093789","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27037983482829.jpg?v=1759192475","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/beggars-bedlam-by-nabarun-bhattacharya-9781803093789","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}