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The Last Hurrah

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Item Code: HAR018
Author: Shrikant Murthy
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
Language: English
Edition: 2005
ISBN: 8172763662
Pages: 163
Cover: PAPERBACK
Other Details 8.5x5.5 inch
Weight 220 gm
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Book Description
About The Author

Born in Nanjangud, in Karnataka, Shrikant Murthy was educated in Mysore and Bangalore. After graduation, he went on to do his Masters in Sociology in the University of Bombay. Diploma in Community Development from the Golda Meir International Training, Centre, Haifa, Israel is his added qualification.

Beginning his career as a Probation Officer in the Bombay Children's Aid Society where he currently holds a senior position, Murthy wrote his first book - Stories Waiting to be told. It was published under the Bhavan's Book University Series in 2002. The book pertains to true stories of children in Remand Homes and Correctional Institutions. It received rave reviews and was admired by general readers of books in English and by the academics in the field of Child Welfare. The Last Hurrah vividly recounts a true, stirring saga of a mother and son. The writer's distinct character and style that were traceable in his maiden book have now manifested themselves clearly in this fictional biography. The author has amply demonstrated his capacity to feel the emotions of the characters, delve deep into the human psyche, listen to its echoes and tell the story with poignancy. In every page, the reader finds many a syntax and in every chapter, a purple passage.

The Last Hurrah moves from sorrow to sorrow, jerks tears but in the end elevates the readers' minds. It's a rare literary achievement and a significant contribution to the Indian Writing in English.

General Editor's Preface

My belief is that by human effort one can, within limits, lengthen or shorten one's life. Ultimately, it is god who does everything, but he uses someone as His instrument.

Mahatma Gandhi

K. Venkatesh, a young chess player affected with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy died at the age of twenty-five in Hyderabad in December 2004. On the other hand, being in a vegetative state for nearly fifteen years, Terry Schiavo of US died in Florida in March this year. These two cases happening in close proximity in India and the US, have engendered a debate both at the national and international level on the ethics of Euthanasia or Mercy Killing like never before.

In view of the above - The Last Hurrah - authored by Shrikant Murthy is an extremely timely book. It depicts a very absorbing story of two ordinary people whose life was replete with extraordinary events. The book also raises many unfathomable issues related to life and death. It has a third dimension too the issue of harvesting human organs for therapeutic purposes.

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