Revolution 2020: by Chetan Bhagat.

Just when one gets past the Readers' Digest type sentence construction - nothing wrong with the digest, but they do condense originals, and the greatness of originals is not in the condensation - and the screenplay type writing (oh, try reading this author, any book of his, without a film or a television series unfolding before one's mind's eye!), and begins to think he might after all be getting over his tripe and getting towards better writing, he hits one on the head with the trashy climax of the protagonist questioning his self and sacrificing his love, quite as per melo-melodramatic style diktat of the films he seems to be unable to get over.

Until then, good at least, great in some few points. The pathos of a poor father bringing up a son and hoping he might get out of the dire circumstances the uncle has cheated them into, the pathos of the son who is good but lacks the take-off level to do well in competitive fields and is ignored, looked down on and so forth, until a politician realises his potential and sets him off on path to be able to do not only well but do good; the pathos of this politician being not smart enough to play the game with safety nets and taking a fall but setting up the protagonist to do well nevertheless with a paternal sentiment in spite of no lack of his own progeny; the pathos of the protagonist never quite feeling equal to his friends who were brought up in better circumstances and feeling guilty enough about his resentment of their togetherness to give up just when he could have had his dream life - if only the author had overcome his normal shortcomings to make this one better, skipped the sacrifice falsehood and thought of a better solution, ....

Did he simply visit the two towns he describes and write them into his work (did they come pleading with him?) or does he really know them, good question.

Hope this work does not get bracketed with the worthy anti corruption fight of the saintly and good of the country! They deserve better.