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Chetan Bhagat Unveils 'Half Girlfriend', Site Crashes

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Author Chetan Bhagat's website crashed on Tuesday after he teased his new book 'Half Girlfriend' on it.

"The first chapter of Half Girlfriend is on my site. Unfortunately, it has crashed due to traffic and will be up soon. Will share link then," Mr Bhagat tweeted and subsequently revealed the first chapter of Half Girlfriend on his Facebook page.

Chetan Bhagat's new book Half Girlfriend is due to be released mid-October this year, according to e-commerce retailer Flipkart.

The books costs Rs 149 and can be pre-ordered on Flipkart. Flipkart is offering a 15 per cent discount on the maximum retail price (MRP) of Rs 176.

Mr Bhagat also tweeted a youtube teaser of the book.

Within an hour of Mr Bhagat posting the first chapter of Half Girlfriend on his Facebook page it had received more than 2,000 likes and over 300 shares.

The 280-page book is being published by Rupa Publication India.