Abar Shei Dusshwapno (Masud Rana-145,146)

Abar Shei Dusshwapno (Masud Rana 145, 146) is a two-part adventure from the early-mid period of Qazi Anwar Hussain’s long-running spy-thriller series. Two-volume Masud Rana stories were used by Qazi Anwar Hussain to give himself room for more elaborate plots — multiple set-pieces, more locations, more characters — without breaking the brisk pace that has always been the series’ signature.

By this point in the saga, the rules of the Masud Rana world are clearly established: the agent, his handlers, the rotating cast of allies and opponents, the willingness to take the action anywhere on the map. Bengali readers, especially those who grew up on the railway-station bookstalls of the seventies and eighties, know these rhythms well.

Abar Shei Dusshwapno (Once Again, That Nightmare) is a strong example of the two-part Masud Rana form. Read it for the same reason readers have always read this series: pace, atmosphere, and the sheer pleasure of a well-told thriller.