The Saga of Dharmapuri Author:O. V. Vijayan The citizens of Dharmapuri suffer mightily at the hands of the President, a gross tyrant, until the day a benevolent mystic with vast magical powers arrives at the borders of their country. The state of Dharmapuri, it appears, has found a saviour but Siddharta, the mystic, finds that even his great goodness and magic are in danger of being... more » overpowered by the strength of the dictator's wickedness... Then, quite unexpectedly, he discovers the path he must follow if he is to succeed in his task of setting free the people of Dharmapuri. A glittering extravaganza of myth, allegory, dark humour, scatology, eroticism, mystic insights, and literary innovation, The Saga of Dharmapuri firmly estables O.V. Vijayan in the forefront of contemporary Indian novelists. Translated from the Malayalam by the author. « less