The Middleman [Paperback] Mukherji, Mani Sankar and Arunava Sinha
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Author: Mukherji, Mani Sankar
Brand: Penguin
Color: Blue
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 200
Release Date: 01-12-2009
Details: 1970s Calcutta. The city is teeming with thousands of young men in search of work. Somnath Banerjee spends his days queuing up at the employment exchange. Unable to find a job despite his qualifications, Somnath decides to go into the order–supply business as a middleman. His ambition drives him to prostitute an innocent girl for a contract that will secure the future of Somnath Enterprises. As Somnath grows from an idealistic young man into a corrupt businessman, the novel becomes a terrifying portrait of the price the city extracts from its youth. Sankar’s The Middleman is the moving story of a man torn between who he is and what he wants to be. Stark and disquieting, the novel deftly exposes the decaying values and rampant corruption of a metropolis that is built on broken dreams and morbid reality. The evocative prose and vivid imagery in this first-ever translation successfully capture the textures of the Bengali original.
EAN: 9780143066712
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.5 inches
Languages: English