Book review: Yours Sarcastically
Book title: Yours Sarcastically
Author: Sandeep Das
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Price: Rs 145
There is nary a dull moment in the imaginatively conceived narrative in Sandeep Das's debut novel 'Yours Sarcastically'. Written in a journal format, it chronicles the happenings in the life of a few management students and has all the ingredients, from campus capers and rivalries, jilted love affairs and meet-the-parents, betrayals and befriending, recession and recruitments to meetings and mentoring that make for an engaging and fast-paced read. Thankfully, the author, an IIM graduate himself, has pretty much laid it out as it is, giving us an insider's view of everything, and, therefore, coming across a credible read.
So while presentations and pitches and fighting for top honours featureprominently, there's enough human interest action on the side to keep us riveted and engrossed. Does Nikhil finally get Neha, the batch mate he's completely sold on, or was their apparent closeness only a matter of academic expediency? What happens when a couple of hot blooded graduates want to check out whorehouses in Mumbai? How and why do clients shell out crore to management consulting firms, and what does glib and jargon-laden talking have to do with wining clients' approval? Das pays attention to detail and has the propensity to make the raunchy and bawdy bits sound very matter of fact and knows just how to sex up the matter-of-fact corporate and organizational goings-on to keep the reader hooked. The characters are well etched out and come with their own set of quirks, idiosyncrasies, and complexes. The market survey entailing interviews with size zero women in Mumbai is a hoot, equally insightful as it is hilarious.
If author Chetan Bhagat can be thanked for anything - and no, certainly not for the books he has spun out - it is for giving so many closet and first-time writers like Das the courage and motivation to tell their own stories. Bhagat has shown them that there is nothing as credible like telling your own story, warts and all. Das has managed to tell his story with humour, honesty and eloquence. That is not to say that the book is without its flaws. The editing ought to have been far tighter and the narrative could have been trimmed without taking anything away.
Author: Sandeep Das
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Price: Rs 145
There is nary a dull moment in the imaginatively conceived narrative in Sandeep Das's debut novel 'Yours Sarcastically'. Written in a journal format, it chronicles the happenings in the life of a few management students and has all the ingredients, from campus capers and rivalries, jilted love affairs and meet-the-parents, betrayals and befriending, recession and recruitments to meetings and mentoring that make for an engaging and fast-paced read. Thankfully, the author, an IIM graduate himself, has pretty much laid it out as it is, giving us an insider's view of everything, and, therefore, coming across a credible read.
So while presentations and pitches and fighting for top honours featureprominently, there's enough human interest action on the side to keep us riveted and engrossed. Does Nikhil finally get Neha, the batch mate he's completely sold on, or was their apparent closeness only a matter of academic expediency? What happens when a couple of hot blooded graduates want to check out whorehouses in Mumbai? How and why do clients shell out crore to management consulting firms, and what does glib and jargon-laden talking have to do with wining clients' approval? Das pays attention to detail and has the propensity to make the raunchy and bawdy bits sound very matter of fact and knows just how to sex up the matter-of-fact corporate and organizational goings-on to keep the reader hooked. The characters are well etched out and come with their own set of quirks, idiosyncrasies, and complexes. The market survey entailing interviews with size zero women in Mumbai is a hoot, equally insightful as it is hilarious.
If author Chetan Bhagat can be thanked for anything - and no, certainly not for the books he has spun out - it is for giving so many closet and first-time writers like Das the courage and motivation to tell their own stories. Bhagat has shown them that there is nothing as credible like telling your own story, warts and all. Das has managed to tell his story with humour, honesty and eloquence. That is not to say that the book is without its flaws. The editing ought to have been far tighter and the narrative could have been trimmed without taking anything away.
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