An interesting book
The Indian crowd here might appreciate this more, but here's a book I would love to read. I have always had a fascination for stories from Indian and Greek mythology, and this one, about an heirless king who drinks a potion for his wife and ends you pregnant himself, sounds much too tempting.
Jai Arjun Singh had a great review on his blog, but it seems to have disappeared. Luckily I have it in Google Reader. Here's a section from the review
There’s some healthy irreverence on view: when a messenger arrives with the momentous news that the war is over, no one in the kingdom is particularly interested, being more concerned about internal matters. When the hero Arjuna makes what amounts to a guest appearance and is asked about a story Bhishma narrated to the Pandavas before he died, his reply is a curt, “I’m sorry but I remember no such story. He said so many things” – a neat dismissal of the ponderous Shanti Parva, Bhishma’s long deathbed discourse about a king’s duties.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to read it soon
