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🗣️ Postcolonial Satire

Sharp, often darkly comic writing that skewers the absurdities of colonial legacies, corrupt successor states, and the performative politics of decolonization.
Becoming Nigerian
by Elnathan John • 2019
To become Nigerian, credit God for every Mercedes and never accept fault.
3.96
668
🗺️ Nigerian Society🏛️ African Politics🎭 Cultural Satire
Becoming Nigerian Summary
Becoming Nigerian 93%
To become Nigerian, credit God for every Mercedes and never accept fault.
by Elnathan John 2019
3.96
668 ratings
🗺️ Nigerian Society🏛️ African Politics🎭 Cultural Satire
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o • 1980
Having lost everything, a Nairobi woman enters a grotesque contest where thieves are the winners.
3.93
2k+
🎭 Political Allegory✊ Feminist Awakening💰 Systemic Corruption
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross 90%
Having lost everything, a Nairobi woman enters a grotesque contest where thieves are the winners.
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980
3.93
2k+ ratings
🎭 Political Allegory✊ Feminist Awakening💰 Systemic Corruption
Imaginary Homelands
by Salman Rushdie • 1991
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
3.99
2k+
📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands 89%
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
by Salman Rushdie 1991
3.99
2k+ ratings
📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
The Great Indian Novel
by Shashi Tharoor • 1989
India's history as myth: Gandhi the celibate warrior, Indira the empress, democracy lost at dice.
3.89
7k+
🎭 Political Satire📜 Mythological Retelling🌏 Postcolonial Fiction
The Great Indian Novel Summary
The Great Indian Novel 89%
India's history as myth: Gandhi the celibate warrior, Indira the empress, democracy lost at dice.
by Shashi Tharoor 1989
3.89
7k+ ratings
🎭 Political Satire📜 Mythological Retelling🌏 Postcolonial Fiction
A Nation of Idiots
by Daksh Tyagi • 2019
India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.
3.87
515
🇮🇳 Indian Society🗳️ Indian Politics🎭 Political Satire
A Nation of Idiots Summary
A Nation of Idiots 89%
India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.
by Daksh Tyagi 2019
3.87
515 ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Society🗳️ Indian Politics🎭 Political Satire
Les Soleils des indépendances
by Ahmadou Kourouma • 1968
A Malinké prince begs at funerals, ruined by the independence that promised to restore his world.
3.58
833
🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction✨ Magical Realism😤 Political Satire
Les Soleils des indépendances Summary
Les Soleils des indépendances 89%
A Malinké prince begs at funerals, ruined by the independence that promised to restore his world.
by Ahmadou Kourouma 1968
3.58
833 ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction✨ Magical Realism😤 Political Satire
Scoop by Waugh, Evelyn Reprint Edition
by Evelyn Waugh • 1938
A country columnist is mistaken for a war reporter and sent to a phantom African revolution.
3.78
23k+
🎙️ Media Satire🎭 Mistaken Identity🐟 Fish Out Of Water
Scoop by Waugh, Evelyn Reprint Edition Summary
Scoop by Waugh, Evelyn Reprint Edition 89%
A country columnist is mistaken for a war reporter and sent to a phantom African revolution.
by Evelyn Waugh 1938
3.78
23k+ ratings
🎙️ Media Satire🎭 Mistaken Identity🐟 Fish Out Of Water
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
by Larry Wilmore • 2009
A comedian petitions the NAACP to rename Black people 'chocolate.' He's only half kidding.
3.32
2k+
🎭 Racial Satire🖤 Black Identity🗣️ Language And Race
I'd Rather We Got Casinos Summary
I'd Rather We Got Casinos 89%
A comedian petitions the NAACP to rename Black people 'chocolate.' He's only half kidding.
by Larry Wilmore 2009
3.32
2k+ ratings
🎭 Racial Satire🖤 Black Identity🗣️ Language And Race
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek • 1990
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
4.17
19k+
🏭 Satirical Dystopia🧬 Speculative Evolution🌍 Colonial Critique
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts 89%
Intelligent newts, found for pearls, become a global workforce that demands the planet for itself.
by Karel Čapek 1990
4.17
19k+ ratings
🏭 Satirical Dystopia🧬 Speculative Evolution🌍 Colonial Critique
India that is Bharat
by J. Sai Deepak • 2021
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
4.42
2k+
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat 89%
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
by J. Sai Deepak 2021
4.42
2k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
1066 and all that
by W.C. Sellar • 1930
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
3.91
4k+
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that 89%
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
by W.C. Sellar 1930
3.91
4k+ ratings
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah • 1968
A railway clerk in Ghana rejects every bribe, and his wife cannot stop counting the cost.
3.87
3k+
🏛️ Postcolonial Literature⚖️ Moral Integrity🕴️ Disillusioned Everyman
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Summary
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 89%
A railway clerk in Ghana rejects every bribe, and his wife cannot stop counting the cost.
by Ayi Kwei Armah 1968
3.87
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Literature⚖️ Moral Integrity🕴️ Disillusioned Everyman
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said • 1978
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
4.14
30k+
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism 88%
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
by Edward W. Said 1978
4.14
30k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
En busca del Hueso Perdido - Tratado de Paraguayología
by Helio Vera • 2011
Two countries share one map: the facade of Paraguay and the survivalist culture behind it.
3.70
67
🇵🇾 National Identity📜 Essay Collections🎭 Cultural Dualism
En busca del Hueso Perdido - Tratado de Paraguayología Summary
En busca del Hueso Perdido - Tratado de Paraguayología 88%
Two countries share one map: the facade of Paraguay and the survivalist culture behind it.
by Helio Vera 2011
3.70
67 ratings
🇵🇾 National Identity📜 Essay Collections🎭 Cultural Dualism
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
by David Mitchell • 2019
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
3.67
5k+
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy Summary
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy 88%
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
by David Mitchell 2019
3.67
5k+ ratings
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
by Mark Dunn • 2001
Letters are outlawed one by one on an island of language. A young woman writes back.
3.94
59k+
🖋️ Epistolary Novel🎭 Satirical Fable🔇 Censorship
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Summary
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 88%
Letters are outlawed one by one on an island of language. A young woman writes back.
by Mark Dunn 2001
3.94
59k+ ratings
🖋️ Epistolary Novel🎭 Satirical Fable🔇 Censorship
Power, Politics and Culture
by Edward W. Said • 2001
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
4.26
613
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture 88%
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
by Edward W. Said 2001
4.26
613 ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Waiting for the Barbarians
by J.M. Coetzee • 1980
A frontier magistrate shelters a tortured prisoner and discovers the Empire has no room for mercy.
3.93
37k+
🏛️ Postcolonial Allegory🤔 Philosophical Fiction😔 Complicit Protagonist
Waiting for the Barbarians Summary
Waiting for the Barbarians 88%
A frontier magistrate shelters a tortured prisoner and discovers the Empire has no room for mercy.
by J.M. Coetzee 1980
3.93
37k+ ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Allegory🤔 Philosophical Fiction😔 Complicit Protagonist
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
4.35
33k+
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth 88%
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961
4.35
33k+ ratings
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
The Madams
by Zukiswa Wanner • 2007
A Johannesburg mum hires a white maid to dodge guilt; the role reversal tests her closest bonds.
3.66
182
🌍 Post-Apartheid Society🧹 Domestic Worker Fiction🔄 Role Reversal
The Madams Summary
The Madams 88%
A Johannesburg mum hires a white maid to dodge guilt; the role reversal tests her closest bonds.
by Zukiswa Wanner 2007
3.66
182 ratings
🌍 Post-Apartheid Society🧹 Domestic Worker Fiction🔄 Role Reversal
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera • 1978
He leaves the house that starved him, but the starvation has moved inside him forever.
3.95
1k+
🌍 Post-Colonial Fiction🧠 Psychological Breakdown🪞 Internalized Oppression
The House of Hunger Summary
The House of Hunger 88%
He leaves the house that starved him, but the starvation has moved inside him forever.
by Dambudzo Marechera 1978
3.95
1k+ ratings
🌍 Post-Colonial Fiction🧠 Psychological Breakdown🪞 Internalized Oppression
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec
by Josh Freed • 1983
In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.
3.97
30
🍁 Quebec Culture😂 Cultural Satire🗣️ Language Humor
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec Summary
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec 88%
In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.
by Josh Freed 1983
3.97
30 ratings
🍁 Quebec Culture😂 Cultural Satire🗣️ Language Humor
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
by Linda Wagner-Martin • 2001
Nathan Price never narrates: inside the five-woman chorus that indicts a missionary's arrogance.
4.31
308
📚 Literary Criticism📖 Study Guides🌍 Postcolonial Fiction
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible Summary
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible 88%
Nathan Price never narrates: inside the five-woman chorus that indicts a missionary's arrogance.
by Linda Wagner-Martin 2001
4.31
308 ratings
📚 Literary Criticism📖 Study Guides🌍 Postcolonial Fiction
Africa Is Not a Country
by Dipo Faloyin • 2022
Fifty-four countries, 1.4 billion people: the West keeps mistaking a continent for a country.
4.38
11k+
🌍 African Studies📜 Postcolonial Studies🏛️ Colonial History
Africa Is Not a Country Summary
Africa Is Not a Country 88%
Fifty-four countries, 1.4 billion people: the West keeps mistaking a continent for a country.
by Dipo Faloyin 2022
4.38
11k+ ratings
🌍 African Studies📜 Postcolonial Studies🏛️ Colonial History
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid • 2013
You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.
3.82
24k+
🖋️ Literary Satire🫵 Second Person💰 Rags To Riches
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 88%
You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.
by Mohsin Hamid 2013
3.82
24k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Satire🫵 Second Person💰 Rags To Riches
Five Plays
by Wole Soyinka • 1964
When a village invokes its ancestors, the honored dead bring guilt, not glory. Five plays.
3.20
5
🎭 Postcolonial Drama🇳🇬 African Plays⚖️ Tradition Vs Modernity
Five Plays Summary
Five Plays 88%
When a village invokes its ancestors, the honored dead bring guilt, not glory. Five plays.
by Wole Soyinka 1964
3.20
5 ratings
🎭 Postcolonial Drama🇳🇬 African Plays⚖️ Tradition Vs Modernity
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
4.46
941
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 87%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
Life & Times of Michael K
by J.M. Coetzee • 1983
A harelipped gardener crosses civil war with his mother's ashes, asking nothing but soil to till.
3.87
22k+
📚 Postcolonial Literature🤫 Silent Protagonist⛓️ State Oppression
Life & Times of Michael K Summary
Life & Times of Michael K 87%
A harelipped gardener crosses civil war with his mother's ashes, asking nothing but soil to till.
by J.M. Coetzee 1983
3.87
22k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Literature🤫 Silent Protagonist⛓️ State Oppression
Inglorious Empire
by Shashi Tharoor • 2016
India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.
4.17
13k+
🏴 British Colonialism🇮🇳 Indian History⛓️ Colonial Exploitation
Inglorious Empire Summary
Inglorious Empire 87%
India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.
by Shashi Tharoor 2016
4.17
13k+ ratings
🏴 British Colonialism🇮🇳 Indian History⛓️ Colonial Exploitation
Arguably
by Christopher Hitchens • 2011
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
4.20
10k+
🎙️ Political Commentary📖 Literary Criticism⛪ Religious Critique
Arguably Summary
Arguably 87%
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
by Christopher Hitchens 2011
4.20
10k+ ratings
🎙️ Political Commentary📖 Literary Criticism⛪ Religious Critique
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
3.96
1k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 87%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
4.32
191
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 87%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
4.32
191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon • 1952
Colonized people learn humanity is white. Therapy cannot heal what the world has broken.
4.26
20k+
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory⚖️ Critical Race Studies🧠 Psychology Of Oppression
Black Skin, White Masks Summary
Black Skin, White Masks 87%
Colonized people learn humanity is white. Therapy cannot heal what the world has broken.
by Frantz Fanon 1952
4.26
20k+ ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory⚖️ Critical Race Studies🧠 Psychology Of Oppression
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
by John Lithgow • 2020
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
4.21
2k+
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown Summary
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown 87%
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
by John Lithgow 2020
4.21
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad • 2025
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
4.57
67k+
🏛️ Western Liberalism🎭 Liberal Complicity📰 Media Critique
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 87%
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
by Omar El Akkad 2025
4.57
67k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Liberalism🎭 Liberal Complicity📰 Media Critique
What a Carve Up!
by Jonathan Coe • 1994
A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.
4.11
13k+
🎭 Political Satire🏚️ Country House Mystery😈 Family Of Villains
What a Carve Up! Summary
What a Carve Up! 87%
A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.
by Jonathan Coe 1994
4.11
13k+ ratings
🎭 Political Satire🏚️ Country House Mystery😈 Family Of Villains
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 87%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Step Across This Line
by Salman Rushdie • 2002
A death sentence for a book. A decade of essays on freedom, Oz, and writing anyway.
3.93
1k+
✍️ Literary Essays🗣️ Free Speech Defense🌐 Cultural Hybridity
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line 87%
A death sentence for a book. A decade of essays on freedom, Oz, and writing anyway.
by Salman Rushdie 2002
3.93
1k+ ratings
✍️ Literary Essays🗣️ Free Speech Defense🌐 Cultural Hybridity
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 87%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The Light at the End of the World
by Siddhartha Deb • 2023
Shadowy powers force a former journalist through a dissolving Delhi to find a dead dissident.
3.01
325
🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction🎭 Political Surrealism👁️ Surveillance State
The Light at the End of the World Summary
The Light at the End of the World 87%
Shadowy powers force a former journalist through a dissolving Delhi to find a dead dissident.
by Siddhartha Deb 2023
3.01
325 ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction🎭 Political Surrealism👁️ Surveillance State
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra • 2009
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
4.08
2k+
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India 87%
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
by Bipan Chandra 2009
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
by Wole Soyinka • 2006
A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.
4.02
518
🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics🌍 Postcolonial Africa📚 African Literature
You Must Set Forth at Dawn Summary
You Must Set Forth at Dawn 87%
A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.
by Wole Soyinka 2006
4.02
518 ratings
🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics🌍 Postcolonial Africa📚 African Literature
The Ends of the Earth
by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
4.11
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🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth 87%
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996
4.11
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
The English
by Jeremy Paxman • 1998
An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.
3.55
3k+
🏴 National Identity🎩 Class And Society🌍 British Empire
The English Summary
The English 87%
An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.
by Jeremy Paxman 1998
3.55
3k+ ratings
🏴 National Identity🎩 Class And Society🌍 British Empire
Dark Star Safari
by Paul Theroux • 2002
He crossed Africa overland and found billions in foreign aid had only deepened the disaster.
3.98
16k+
🧳 Overland Journeys🏛️ African Politics💰 Foreign Aid Critique
Dark Star Safari Summary
Dark Star Safari 87%
He crossed Africa overland and found billions in foreign aid had only deepened the disaster.
by Paul Theroux 2002
3.98
16k+ ratings
🧳 Overland Journeys🏛️ African Politics💰 Foreign Aid Critique
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie • 1988
A jet explodes over London. Two Indian immigrants tumble to earth; one wakes haloed, one horned.
3.71
72k+
🪄 Magical Realism📖 Postcolonial Literature😈 Religious Satire
The Satanic Verses Summary
The Satanic Verses 87%
A jet explodes over London. Two Indian immigrants tumble to earth; one wakes haloed, one horned.
by Salman Rushdie 1988
3.71
72k+ ratings
🪄 Magical Realism📖 Postcolonial Literature😈 Religious Satire
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu • 2020
Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.
3.93
74k+
🎬 Hollywood Satire🏠 Immigrant Family Saga👤 Invisible Protagonist
Interior Chinatown Summary
Interior Chinatown 87%
Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.
by Charles Yu 2020
3.93
74k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Satire🏠 Immigrant Family Saga👤 Invisible Protagonist
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.
by Jonas Jonasson • 2020
An art dealer's abandoned son and swindled ex-wife find each other at a revenge-for-hire agency.
3.79
12k+
🎭 Revenge Comedy🎨 Art World Satire❤️ Found Family
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. Summary
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. 87%
An art dealer's abandoned son and swindled ex-wife find each other at a revenge-for-hire agency.
by Jonas Jonasson 2020
3.79
12k+ ratings
🎭 Revenge Comedy🎨 Art World Satire❤️ Found Family
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone
by Maboula Soumahoro • 2020
Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.
4.38
154
🗺️ Postcolonial France🌊 Black Atlantic Studies✍️ Auto-Theory
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone Summary
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone 87%
Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.
by Maboula Soumahoro 2020
4.38
154 ratings
🗺️ Postcolonial France🌊 Black Atlantic Studies✍️ Auto-Theory
Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser • 1969
A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.
4.05
16k+
📝 Fictional Memoir🪖 Military Satire😨 Cowardly Protagonist
Flashman Summary
Flashman 87%
A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.
by George MacDonald Fraser 1969
4.05
16k+ ratings
📝 Fictional Memoir🪖 Military Satire😨 Cowardly Protagonist
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