Soliloquy of a Small-town Uncivil Servant is an attempt at a memoir that begins with the realization that the narrator has forgotten much of his past. Hence, the acute need to retrieve it. What comes to light is an arduous journey into his past—the circumstances of his birth, his growing up in a small city like Gorakhpur and his rendezvous with life outside of that inhibited milieu as he joins the civil services and moves to other places. Fact and fantasy meld as he recreates his experiences with bureaucracy and bureaucrats—his perception of them and theirs of him as an ‘outsider’—and recounts his many associations with men, women, his teachers and even strangers.
Soliquoy of a small town uncivil servant is a narration of the authour about his life since his childhood to his adulthood talking about the obstacles he overcame and how the people he met on this journey left a mark on his life. It is a semi-autobiographical work which also uncovers authors view on sex, sensuality, literature, community and the world and talks about his dreams and fantasies as well. It’s very interesting to know how a boy from a small town climbs a ladder to reach a post of a civil servant. Narration by the author is fabulous and his writing style makes it easy to get connected with his experiences. The book also focuses on the harsh reality of beliefs and prejudice of the citizens of small-town which are needed to be changed. Painting of the street of 1980s Indian town on the cover page is quite intriguing. I loved reading this memoir.
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