The Mammaries of the Welfare State

Upamanyu Chatterjee · 2000 CE · Novel · Indian · Contemporary

Agastya Sen, a young officer of the Indian Administrative Service, drifts through postings in which files, committees and petty rank decide everything and nothing is done. His own appetites and the attentions of his family are as aimless as the offices he serves. A sequel to the author's English, August, which is not held here, it won the Sahitya Akademi Award in English.

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