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How many books have you written? Why?
Chasing Cobwebs is my first book. Some critics have already caught on to the underlying parody of the word chasing – a dynamic, arms flailing, legs tumbling, manly activity, pre-juxtaposed to cobwebs, an immobile, saliva construct of spiders. As I couldn?t escape the cobwebs of the human mind, especially those of the literate readers and critics, I wrote the prequel to Chasing Cobwebs, titled Miss(ed) Muffet, Spider-food. Some say this is my second book, but others who read this prequel first think Chasing Cobwebs is the sequel and so call it the second book. The situation is reaching a delightfully loopy critical juncture; just like the seductively vicious loop you get into when you are preoccupied with an otherwise blank sheet, but for the P.T.O. on either side of it.
What is the purpose of your book?
An excuse to steal your money
What is the audience of the book?
Anybody who is not suffering from education
What audience did you have in mind when you wrote the book?
Anybody who knows which is the right side to enter through a revolving door
What is your target audience?
Children
What is the cost of your book?
Your life. Goons will come looking for you if you leave this store without buying a copy of my book. Also, there is a curse on this book by Mundakaaliyamman – if left un-bought, you will vomit blood when you leave this gathering and die a horrible South Indian death within three Half-Moons from today.
Is your book available all over India?
No. Actually it is not available in some remote corners including the Sri Ranga Vilas in Srirangam, but that is because the Elephant, Ranga, ate all the copies sent.
Is your book available only in this book store?
Yes. In fact it comes in different titles and author names.
Your book has lots of humor in it…
Yes, I noticed. I guess one should not cry over spilt laughter.
A black hole sucks energy and a white hole releases it. What is the philosophical connection of energy in your books and these physical things?
Everything is connected in Time, while Time is God’s way of preventing everything from happening at once. Hence, as all my thoughts originate and end in myself, the World Being, the philosophical implication of my book is that it is an end in itself. It means, in this prosaic, mundane, materialistic, spiritless, colorful world, my book could be a ‘black and white’ hole. Take home point is, take the book home (after buying it), but you don’t have to read it.
What do you do for a living?
I breathe…
No No, I mean, what is your profession?
Balloon seller
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