A Patriarchy of Pricks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781764691802)

A literary satire of contemporary Australian society through the lens of the Indian diaspora, using time travel to explore how past decisions shape the present.

Horonath Chakrabarty, amateur detective, is usually hired to find missing cats or lure salt of the earth Aussies to Indian cultural events in Adelaide. However, his latest case, involving a missing scientist who has invented a time machine, sends him across time, running into historical heavyweights such as Nehru, Mountbatten, Churchill, and Stalin. But when Stalin follows him to the present, dethrones the leadership of an Indian cultural association, and steals the heart of Horonath's beloved, it's clear the world isn't big enough for both amateur detective and Soviet dictator.