What the Children Saw

By Richard Crasta

What did the children see? What did the young, impressionable children that he so loved, and who loved their father, see?
This is the question asked by this book, and by a father to whom something happens.
This is a tale of love, sex, and power, of children and fathers, of modern fatherhood.
To quote the first few paragraphs:
"Nothing can be changed now. It is all over (except in the mind, in the conscience, in the universe of good and evil, where it can never be over).
And though it is all over, and nothing can be changed, the story must be told. The story demands to be told.
Because the truth is the truth is the truth. Let us not, as the years pass, fear to tell the truth, just because it is old, just because time has passed, just because all reality is ephemeral and life is short.
All that may be true, but the truth, or some truths at least, are eternal."
This is a book for the courageous and the righteous, for those who care about children and fathers and justice. Its unusual contents include chapters titled, "Why I Would Like to Sue Shakespeare and Ray Charles" and "It's All Right Ma/Mama (I'm Only Sighing)."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Crasta
• Release date: Dec 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310705663

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.