He’s
back! Chhimi Tenduf – La is back, with a whole new book, 'Loyal Stalkers'. This time however, he
chose to go the short story way. But, of course there are his favourite
characters and his favourite location, of course! Set in Sri Lanka, the stories
carry you off into his emerald island.
So, let
us begin. These stories are all interrelated in subtle ways, and the author
does manage to touch our heart in the same way, he has done the first two
times. It is about the various genders and their characters and sexual
characteristics, each of them may possess because of their particular circumstances,
at any given point of time in the book.
Actually,
the way I read it, made it sound so different. Because, it was not read like a
regular book, in the sense not the first story after the second. Instead, I chose
to read the stories, in a haphazard manner. And that is how my review sounds too.
Hopefully I will be forgiven, for the same, because I felt so much closer to
the book :). Because I felt
closer to the situations, than I would have if I had read it, the usual way.
It
could be a topic such as child abuse and even love for the child, born under such
circumstances, or even an impulsive security guard’s love for his child. The
killing of a man by a lusting woman would have been the situation if it was not
for her circumstances, a regular workout at the local gym, would have been situation
if it was not for the loyal stalker. A teenage cricketer who seems to fall
headlong, into his coach’s vicious ways. Gayan’s back too.
And
even the ultra-cool story of Aiyo, a dog and you have the ‘Suspiciously Brown’
victim, smuggler, or handicapped victim, or perhaps a loving father? The rich
and the poor are all told about in this one.
If you
have been reading his books, you would know about Sri Lanka, like no other man
can tell you. It is all about love for an adopted nation, and the love for the
family, all told in a dark humour, which is definitely his. The twists are here
and there and refuse to take away any wittiness away, from the book.
You can Read this Book, right here.
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