Chetan Bhagat’s latest book breaks pre-order record on Amazon

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Breaking all records in Amazon’spre-order history, bestselling author Chetan Bhagat’s latestfiction "One Indian Girl" is now the leading title onpre-orders, the site has ever witnessed. "Launched under the exclusive online partnership betweenAmazon and Rupa Publishing, the pre-orders went live on Amazonat 2 PM yesterday and in just the first two hours, it hascreated history by becoming the leading title on pre-orders,the site has witnessed since its launch in 2013," the onlineshopping site said in a statement. The banker-turned-writer who shot to fame with his debutnovel, ‘Five Point Someone’ took to Twitter yesterday toannounced the title of the book. The book which comes after five fictions by the authorrevolves around an "Indian girl who is intelligent andsuccessful, because of which she finds it difficult to getlove." Bhagat, who is believed to have pioneered the genre of’campus novels’ in the country wishes to question thediscrimination meted out to women by the society through hislatest narrative, which unlike his previous works is in"female first person." "It (book) hopes to question society, which judges womenachievers. It asks why when it comes to love, beingintelligent and too successful is almost a drawback forwomen," the 42-year-old writes on his blog. He also unveiled the teaser for the book yesterday whichcan be viewed on YouTube. "Hi, I’m Radhika Mehta and I’m getting married this week.I work in a top investment bank. Thank you for reading mycrazy story. However, let me warn you. You may not like me toomuch. One, I make a lot of money. Two, I have an opinion oneverything. Three, I have had sex before. Now, if I were aguy, you’d be cool with all this. Since I am a girl, thesethings don’t really make me too likeable, do they?" says theteaser. (MORE) PTI TRSANS