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Title: How About A Sin Tonight?
Author: Novoneel Chakraborty
Publisher: Random House India
It will not be an exaggeration
if I say that this book should come with the tagline: ‘Passion Redefined’: Passion
of the characters in their own journey to find love and success and that of the
author to describe subtle nuances of each character to bring out the best aspect
in each.
The story deals with five
characters: Shahraan—the living legend of the Hindi film industry; Reva and
Neev—the strugglers in the unknown land of dreams called Mumbai; Nishani—the
wronged celebrity kid and Kaash—the new heart-throb. These characters dish out
their own versions of the film industry and their struggle to make a mark in it
but in a way, which will leave you asking for more. As the story progresses,
the reader is bound to be awed, surprised, happy, sad and angry at all these
characters. In his own lucid style of writing, the author has woven together
urbane and smart characters in a fluid narration of events. Peppered with some
emotional as well as witty one-liners, this story will most certainly stay with
the readers for a long time to come.
This is the third successful
attempt by the young author, Novoneel Chakraborty, to yet again delve into the
uncertain boundaries of human relationships. Needless to say, all the
characters seem real and convincing enough to find glimpses of ‘you’ in them. The
setting of the novel being our most beloved Film industry, you are sure to be
treated with a journey of your lifetime through the happening lives of five
protagonists. Each have their own story and thus a moral from their version of
the story! I must say, this way of dealing with several versions of the same
truth is worth applauding. Although young, the author has shown a sound
maturity in dealing with characters completely different and bizarre in their
own ways. And in that my friends, rest the actual essence of the story!
The end has not been penned
down in black and white; rather the author has left the absolute end at the
hands of the readers’ imagination! The book has been termed an emotional
thriller, which will keep you on the edge till you reach the end! Personally, I
could not concentrate on any other work, before I reached the culmination of all
the five lives! The author has very cleverly used the back drop of the beaming
Hindi film industry, which both serves as a bed of desires for the characters
as well as the justification of the acts committed! All in all a power packed
emotional soiree that tells the readers to expect more mind-blowing works from
the author in future! How about another Sin tonight? ‘Why not….?’ Should be the
answer!!
About
the Author:
We know the author, Novoneel
Chakraborty as the mind behind the two enormously successful novels, ‘A Thing
beyond Forever’ and ‘That Kiss in the Rain’. With two novels in his kitty, the
author has already made a score with his style of writing into the hearts of thousands
all over the country. Another feather in his hat is a successful blog, known as
‘NovoSphere’ that features paragraph-anecdotes highlighting incidents on life,
inspiration and a lot more. Currently he is also cruising into the waters of
scrip-writing for the Hindi film industry. Based out of Mumbai, he is steadily
making a mark all over the country and also beyond it with smart words and
urbane characters!
Happy reading to all my blog
friends and keep watching this space for more book reviews…
