{"product_id":"how-to-date-a-fanatic-a-novel-aruni-kashyap-fourth-estate","title":"How to Date a Fanatic : A Novel by Aruni Kashyap [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Vivid, humane, wise, and very funny ... brings together the political novel and the romcom.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Neel Mukherjee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A dazzling novel that enchants, seduces, and devastates the reader.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Mona Susan Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Irreverent, witty, and moving.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Sonora Jha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRohit, a young professor teaching in Delhi, is in love with his friend Dhruv - a tall, fierce activist who insists they're better off as \"soulmates\" than as lovers. Nursing a broken heart, Rohit pursues other men in the city, until he chances upon the handsome Sayan, whom he likes but can't commit to since he still desires Dhruv. They enter into a relationship to see where that takes them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRohit's attempts at exploring the possibilities of this fledgling romance get derailed as political tensions sweep across campus. Sayan, Dhruv, and the group of queer friends he leans on, find themselves caught in the vortex-the late-night parties and banter they once knew giving way to a desperate, terrifying fight for survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePropulsive, tense, yet charged with humor and tenderness, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Date a Fanatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reminds us that the politics of self and of our times are entwined. What we look for in love, Aruni Kashyap suggests, may not be very far from what we seek in a democracy: Can we be safeguarded without giving up our freedom? More pertinently: Can love save us, everyone else, and a nation?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe political charge of Megha Majumdar's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Burning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the comic heartbreak of Andrew Sean Greer's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLess\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. From the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe House with a Thousand Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis Father's Disease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50150246252794,"sku":"6VSW423M7DOR","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/6VSW423M7DOR-1.jpg?v=1787983230","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/how-to-date-a-fanatic-a-novel-aruni-kashyap-fourth-estate","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}