In this sequel to Upamanyu Chatterjee's debut novel, English, August, Agastya Sen - older, funnier, more beleaguered, almost endearing - and some of his friends are back.Comic and Kafkaesque, 'The Mammaries of the Welfare State' is a masterwork of satire by a major writer at the height of his powers.

A searing, savage passage through bureaucratic India..The Mammaries is a book of laughter and disgust, a four-letter rejoinder to the grotesquery of governance'. -India Today'

..a hilarious satire.' -The Tribune'

..a terrific take-off on the Indian state and how it's misrun. Wit, satire, lampoonery, piquancy and plain ridicule pervade the pages of this novel..' -Business Standard

'Raunchy and tough, smooth and almost facile, Mammaries shares with all good satire its power simultaneously shock and amuse'. -The Hindu

In his writing, Upamanyu Chatterjee defies convention. Now he has also defied conventional wisdom and proved that great books can have great sequels. -The Hindustan Times