Review of "The inscrutable American" by Anurag Muthur

Hi friends,

After sharing the review of "Death of a salesman – Arthur Miller", here is another book review by Dhruv Joshi.

Review of "The inscrutable American" by Anurag Muthur

This is a hilarious novel written by Anurag Mathur. It is a story of an Indian young boy who goes to America to pursue his further studies. The process of his adjustments with the American society and culture adds good humor throughout the book.

Though, out rightly humorous this book successfully addresses to some of te deep rooted problems of an advanced American society like racism, discrimination to the dark skinned people and unemployment etc.

The most interesting and powerful part of the book is that its characters are very neatly and intently portrayed by the writer. Each character reveals to the reader the various kinds of people of America. May it be the old lady Gloria who constantly irritates Gopal with his poetry or Sue a divorcee whom Gopal loves but can’t get or Peacock, a dark skinned angry, well-built man who is very unhappy about the discrimination practiced to the dark skinned people. The character of Tom who stands for the staunch American man who wants no foreign or dark skinned people in America and Randy the savior, stands for modern, globalized American youth.

The ability of Anurag Mathur to blend serious issues with humor commands high amount of praise. Moreover the continuous but futile attempts from Randy to get Gopal laid with someone while he is in America keeps readers chuckling all the time.

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