Book Review: How to be a Literary Sensation by Krishna Shastri Devulapillai

How to Be a Literary Sensation: A Quick Guide to Exploiting Friends, Family and Facebook for Artistic Gain by Krishna Shastri Devulapalli
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A laugh riot of flippant self-deprecating humour, to begin with. But tends to get monotonous and stale towards the end of the book. Here is an example of his wit

The Town That Wouldn’t Change by Arunima Kurkure
The year is 1979, the place Kakinada. The year is 1989, the place is still Kakinada. The year is 1999, the place is somehow still Kakinada. The poignant tale of a village idiot who finds out that it will remain Kakinada even in 2029. This is an allegorical tale of epic proportions about the ever-changing nature of the mind, the unchanging nature of life and the loose change in your pocket. A Groundhog Day meets Fountainhead. In an advance review, The Kakinada Times has called the book ‘at once sensuous, hilarious and digestive.’

This is a preview of one of the imaginary books supposedly to be released that year.

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