Saturday, February 04, 2012

The Extras - Kiran Nagarkar

Considering that we get maximum hits for Ravan and Eddie on this blog, it is only fair that we write about the sequel. The extras picks up from where the first one left off. Ravan is in love with Peita and Eddie has Belle and everything is well.. until their respective mothers decide that they don't deserve another free meal and throw them out of the house. Their musical aspirations take a nose dive and Ravan becomes a taxi driver and Eddie does a Praveen Babi from Khuddar. But as they say you just can't escape your destiny however glorious or dubious it might be.. so we have our R & E twisting with Helen and reaching out to Aasman and ultimately achieving what they have always known to be theirs.
It isn't as atrociously wicked as the first book.. but it has its moments whether it is notes on bus conductors making it big or the prohibition or the education system. Of course nothing yet beats the one on Afghan snow or "Mazee heart halt zale"