Description
Mysterious islands, deadly tribes, ruthless foreigners. What comes next for the crime solving duo of Kakababu and Santu?
King of the Verdant Island
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Translated from the Bengali original by Tridiv Chowdhury
Illustrations by Sayan Chakraborty, Cover Design by Antara Ghosh
Mysterious islands, deadly tribes, ruthless foreigners. What comes next for the crime solving duo of Kakababu and Santu?
About the Book
A remote archipelago, a dreaded island with a dense forest, and ferocious aboriginals who revere but one – a man with his own intriguing past – the King of the Verdant Island!
Kakababu and Santu are out for yet another adventure. But, clueless about the destination, Santu let his imagination run wild. Little did he know that the mystery they were to solve this time was wilder than his imagination and more spine-chilling than he had ever experienced.
In the far-flung wilderness they encounter a gang of ruthless, trigger-happy foreigners who will stop at nothing. Meanwhile, the authorities are forced out of their inaction by Santu and Kakababu’s death-defying act.
But why have the foreigners come at all? What lies at the heart of this mystery? What is the out-of-this-world object that compels men to give and take lives?
About the Translator
Born in 1968, Tridiv Chowdhury, after a varied career, found his calling in writing. His first novel, River of Hurt, was published by Cool Grove Press of New York in 2014. Currently, he is working on his second historical novel set in medieval Assam. King of the Verdant Island is his first translation for young adults. He has also translated another Kakababu–Santu adventure, A Hotel in the Jungle.
Praise for the book
‘Fusing mystery and history’
– The Sunday Statesman
