Aat Kuthori Noy Doroja

Aat Kuthori Noy Doroja is one of Samaresh Majumdar’s tighter thrillers, a novel of crime and detection that moves at a different pace from his big political novels like Kalbela. The structure is part mystery, part urban exploration of a Calcutta few visitors see.

Readers who like Samaresh Majumdar’s longer fiction often discover his thrillers later and are surprised by how good they are. This is a strong example.