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| Author | Nilanjana Roy |
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| Genre | Mystery |
| Published | 2022 (Westland) |
| ISBN | 9789395767118 |
Black River is a book written by Nilanjana Roy [1] and published by Westland Books. [2]
| | |
| Author | Nilanjana Roy |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery |
| Published | 2022 (Westland) |
| ISBN | 9789395767118 |
Black River is a book written by Nilanjana Roy [1] and published by Westland Books. [2]
The book is about a crime saga [3] and murder mystery which explores love, grief and friendship. [4]
Sheila Kumar of Deccan Herald listed it in "the best of 2022". [5] It was on the hotlist for 2022 London Book Fair. [6]
Amrita Dutta of The Wire (India) wrote "The writing of Black River is vivid and lyrical", [7] Mukund Padmanabhan of Frontline (magazine) wrote "Roy's decision to frame the plot against the politics of the times is unexceptionable", [8] Bindu Menon of The Tribune India wrote "Franz Kafka once said, "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us." Roy's 'Black River' makes the cut." [9] Saloni Sharma of Scroll.in wrote "With all its literary merit, Black River is also a book that is likely to appeal to most readers of crime fiction." [10]
The book has been also reviewed by Sheila Kumar of The New Indian Express [11] and Sucheta Dasgupta of The Asian Age. [12]
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