Book conversation: How to be a Literary Sensation

How to be a Literary Sensation
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli
Harper Collins India 2015









Krishna Shastri Devulapalli does to writing what Rishi Piparaiya does to flying, with an equally unpronounceable surname!
And the humour in this one is as good.  
But I guess the joke's on me.  Because - yes, I admit it - I took the title on its face value.  Literally literally, if you like.  And came a cropper.
The crossed out 'financial' replaced with 'artistic' should have given the clue.  But I did not.
Because it has nothing to do with how to be a good writer.

The first half is about Devulapalli's encounters with some colourful characters from his life.

And the second half takes a dig on just about all aspects of a writerly life - including 'gas generated at lit fests', and his pet peeve: books on the theme of 'loss and redemption'.  
There are several laugh-out-loud (LOL, silly!) moments.
I definitely won't be a 'literary sensation', but at least I had a good laugh.  
So go for it if you have had enough of loss and redemption.  (Whatever the hell that is, by the way...I mean BTW).




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