Chilli
Chicks & Heart Attacks – what a title for a book… and with the cover design
you almost start feeling it will be a chick book – naughty n sleazy (you know
what I mean).Though it starts with a guy dreaming about making love to
Hollywood Superstar and his mother happens to be filming all the action, it isn’t
all that.
It’s the ‘misadventures’ of
Dr. Manjula Mendis – the intern at a popular Autralian hospital (and if you are
thinking Dr. Manjula is a lady then let me tell you – no he is a GUY!)
The Story
Dr.
Mendis a Sri Lankan living in Australia joins the popular St. Ivanhoe hospital
as an intern along with six others. This year long internship turns out to be a
rollercoaster ride for Dr. Mendis both professionally and personally. As they proceed in their medical duties they
come across different situations – some scary situations of dealing with
the-not-so-friendly senior doctors (some are also perverts who like to stare at
female interns - you-know-where) and some even scarier rendezvous with ‘sugardadiphiled’
ladies ( you need to read the book to decode this)!
Even
on personal front Dr. Mendis finds himself in a fix with his over ambitious
parents trying to fix him up with various ladies from ‘influential’, ‘well-connected’,
‘rich’ & ‘rice & curry cooking’ Sri Lankan families settled in
Australia. Finally when he likes one all hell breaks loose.
My Thoughts
It’s
really funny how the story starts – just when you start feeling cheesy it turns
out to be a dream – I should rather say a nightmare - where you find your
mother filming your bedtime actions which she wants to show the relatives!!!
Sanjaya
Senanayake has made sure that this book, though written in a diary entry style,
doesn’t remain as another medical diary of a medicine intern. The twists and
turns are nice and it ensures the readers are never bored. Be it the
carrot contraceptive case or the pig’s heart or unraveling the truth of a cheat
this book offers you plenty.
From
Hollywood celebrities, to football king, from hot love making to bonds of
friendship you will come across many emotions as you read along. Though it’s
like a diary which captures the ‘misadventures’ of Dr. Mendis only by the end
you can figure out the fiction part of it.
Sanjaya
Senanayake happens to be in the medical profession and a Sri Lankan having
lived in Australia & New Zealand – so is this book his biography? He denies
it but you never know.
Things
I liked – well crafted characters specially Dr. Manjula – who is as excited to
be interning in a hot shot hospital and is as confused on his actions in
personal life. And some good humor. Sometimes you want to just pick up a book and
feel the fun while reading. It’s worth giving a read.
PS:
If you can’t handle some amount of sleaze and cheesiness then you might not
like it
My Rating – 3.5/5
Book – Chilli, Chicks & Heart Attacks
Author – Sanjaya Senanayake
Genre – Fiction
Publisher – Westland Limited in India,
Perera-Hussein
Publishing House in Sri Lanka (2010)
Published in – 2013
ISBN – 978-93-81626-88-7
Pages – 312
Format – Paperback
Price – INR 250
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