It is a different book as it is neither a purely criticism nor a creative work but a mixture of both. The novel is discussed from all angles--social, psychological, literary and philosophical. It contains 14 discourses that keep you engaging till last. 1. A Snapshot 2. Divine Arses 3. The Black River 4. Reversing the Script 5. India Has Never Been Free 6. This Fucked-up System 7. The Marxist Roaring 8. The Great Indian Rooster Coop 9. Poor Bastards 10. The Freudian Lava: 11. Beak into Anything 12. Topography: The Spatial Identity 13. The Narrative Configurations 14. An Incomplete Truth The book is a dynamite and will shake you from within 14.