Life over Two Beers and other stories

Short fiction about ambition, status and the awkwardness of modern urban life, written with a satirist's eye for detail. Sanjeev Sanyal's collection gathers stories set largely in contemporary India, where characters negotiate careers, family expectations, technology and the small absurdities of city living. The humour in Life Over Two Beers and Other Stories is dry, and the endings tend to be quiet rather than dramatic. Individual pieces are short enough to finish in one sitting, which makes the book easy to carry and easy to return to between longer reads. What this volume covers: • A collection of contemporary short stories • Settings drawn from urban Indian life • Dry humour and observation rather than twist-driven plots • Pieces short enough for single sittings Suited to readers of literary short fiction and to anyone easing back into reading, available from Boipoka.