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    Father, Rebel, Dreamer
    Father, Rebel, Dreamer
    Father, Rebel, Dreamer
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    Father, Rebel, Dreamer

    By Richard Crasta

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    Writers and artists who are fathers; terrorist mothers-in-law; how to face the stealing of your children (including your book-children); this eclectic book on fatherhood and Mangalore from the author of the celebrated novel "The Revised Kama Sutra" is full of surprises, passion, poignancy, It is for the reader who believes, with Franz Kafka, that "a book should be an axe for the frozen sea inside us." Though mainly on the theme of fatherhood, the book also strays into the world of terrorist mothers-in-law, the strange world of Mangalorean Catholics, and the story of a Dutch artist-dreamer father.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Crasta
    Release dateJun 4, 2011
    ISBN9781458009616
    Father, Rebel, Dreamer
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    Richard Crasta

    Richard Crasta is the India-born, long-time New York-resident author of "The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel" and 12 other books, with at least 12 more conceived or in progress. "The Revised Kama Sutra," a novel about a young man growing up and making sense of the world and of sex, was described by Kurt Vonnegut as "very funny," and has been published in ten countries and in seven languages.Richard's books include fiction, nonfiction, essays, autobiography, humor, and satire with a political edge: anti-censorship, non-pc, pro-laughter, pro-food, pro-beer, and against fanaticism of any kind. His books have been described as "going where no Indian writer has gone before," and attempt to present an unedited, uncensored voice (James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth are among the novelists who have inspired him.).Richard was born and grew up in India, joined the Indian Administrative Service, then moved to America to become a writer, and has traveled widely. Though technically still a New York resident, he spends most of his time in Asia working on his books in progress and part-time as a freelance book editor.

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