The Great Indian Novel, masterfully written by Shashi Tharoor, is an ambitious and daring satire that brilliantly recasts the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics.

In this hilarious and often outrageous satire, Tharoor directs his wit against Indian foibles and failings as well as the bumblings of the British rulers. It is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.

Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, this novel is a must-read for anyone interested in a satirical take on history and politics.