The All Bengali Crime Detectives

Author: Suparna Chatterjee
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788129117823

Description

In a middle-class Kolkata neighbourhood, the lives of four recently retired men take an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a crime. Will the unlikely ‘detectives’ be able to catch the criminal? Or will they unravel something even more sinister?

The protagonists grab this exciting opportunity to rise above their mundane existence. They defy the ordinary, stretch their boundaries, and in the process discover something precious.

Meanwhile, a lot is going on in the Paara (neighbourhood) – a rather difficult match-making process for a ‘wheatish complexioned’ daughter, rivalry between two neighbouring clubs over Durga Pujo, squabbles between the ‘out-dated’ seniors and the younger members of the local club, attempts at an impossible romance by a road-side Romeo...

1. A humorous detective fiction.
2. Eccentric and interesting characters.
3. Storytelling rich with Bengali flavour.
4. Detective fiction for the young and the old.

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. A New Routine
2. AN Invitation
3. In Honour of Juj Saab
4. A Theft
5. A Very Emergency Meeting
6. To find A Suitable Boy
7. A Clue
8. A Secret Club (For Senior Citizens Only)
9. A New Suspect
10. Mrs Bose
11. A Nightmare
12. An Idea
13. Bad News, Biplab Da
14. The Agony of Pet Names
15. In Search of A Criminal
16. A Confession Durga Pujo – Then and Now
17. What Really Happened
18. A Pujo like No Other