# English, August

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- Book: [English, August](https://www.bookquiver.com/upamanyu-chatterjee/english-august) ([English, August.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/upamanyu-chatterjee/english-august.md))
- Authors: [Upamanyu Chatterjee](https://www.bookquiver.com/upamanyu-chatterjee)
- Publisher: NYRB Classics
- ISBN: 978-15-9017-179-0
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2006-04-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job. The job takes him to...