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    Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex
    Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex
    Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex
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    Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex

    By Richard Crasta

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    Indians and sexual liberation, American politics, Bill Clinton, Western feminism transplanted into Asia, Miss World Sushmita Sen, Khushwant Singh on Indian sexual hypocrisy, beauty contests, free expression and Indians--a multitude of subjects--political, sexual, social, and humorous--are addressed in this controversial book of essays and fiction originally published by HarperCollins India in 1997, then censored by the establishment, is now published as a revised but still uncensored e-book. 

    This was the author's second book, one that followed his widely published and bestselling first novel, "The Revised Kama Sutra," with which it shares a general: irreverence, passion, idealism, no-holy-cows humor, wordplay, and absurdity. This e-book edition contains NEW and UNPUBLISHED essays or enhanced essays from the original. 
    Extracts from a few reviews:
    --"His subjects inspire the sparkling best in him and his fine prose is as sparkling as ever with wit, racy yet refined."—Indian Express
    --"Pungent, witty and incisive . . . leaves the reader surprised, provoked and sometimes outraged. Guaranteed to make a good read."–Press Trust of India.
    --"After his best-selling The Revised Kama Sutra, Richard Crasta is back with another enjoyable book.  Flippant and full of satire . . . full of subtle humor, the book takes a lighter look at contemporary India . . . telling it like it is—no holds barred.  Not your average humour but a classy, welcome change.  Get it."—Femina
    --"Biting, cynical . . . zany sense of humour."–India Today
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInvisible Man Press
    Release dateMay 13, 2016
    ISBN9781533781680
    Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex
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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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