The Inscrutable Americans

by Anurag Mathur

Book Overview

This hilarious novel describes one year spent on a small university campus in the US, by an Indian student. His English is comically Indian, and his initial notions of America are absurdly inadequate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8171670407
• ISBN13: 9788171670406
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A very funny book!

This book was hilarious. The story of a small town young man who comes to America. The ideas are typical of middle class males in India. Sad to say but white women are viewed as easy and if you are Indian and are seen with a white man, well you are just a whore. I am Indian married to an Italian and every time I go to India, no matter to which city, I hear lewd remarks about myself. But reality aside, this book made me laugh so hard and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would also recommend Funny in Farsi, another hilarious book.

LOL Super Funny Book

This is easily one of the funniest books I've read by an Indian writer. Its best to stay away from Anurag Mathur's "Are all women leg spinners" though. The humor is fresh and contagious, beginning with the introductory letter Gopal writes to his parents. Laughs guaranteed! Best not to be taken seriously to show life in the US.

An All-Time Funny Classic !

I read this book almost 10 years back and I still remember it as one of truly hilarious books I've ever read. Certain parts of it make me laugh even now.I was surprised to see so many 'negative reviews' on this otherwise 'light and irreverent' book. This is not a treatise on the sociology studies....this is a 'plain and simple funny book'. Dont spoil it by debating its authenticity and intellectualising its relevance...just read it and have 'a laugh of a life time' !

it's a good book

Mathur has done a very good job with his book. he introduces us to an Indian from a small town who is suddenly thrown in the midst of the western culture.now more Indians are here in the USA than they were at the time Mathur wrote his book. His book is all about the identity crisis on esuffers from when one is moved from his familiar surroundings and introduced to a culture so very alien from hi sown. Mathur's book is worth reading

I want to be buried with this.

This is so funny! Admittedly he does get a bit worn towards the end, but that's ok. It's about the life and times of a small-town Indian spending a year in the United States. Story aside, this book deserves to be read for its sublime murder of the English language.