A Death in Shonagachhi : A Novel

Winner of the 2021 Tata Literature Live! First Book Award – FictionLonglisted for The JCB Prize for Literature 2021'Rijula Das has evaded the prevalent tropes of writing. The book manages to achieve everything that good literature does while at the same time being entertaining' – 2021 JCB Prize Jury'A deeply sensitive portrait of life (and death) in a red-light district’ – Tanuj Solanki ‘Addictive and hilarious’ – Avni Doshi'Takes us deep into the hidden and harsh universes of the layered city of Calcutta’ – Sarnath Banerjee‘Rijula Das surprises you with everything in this book – the writing, the scenes, the characters, the story’ – Arunava SinhaTo be published in the US as Small Deaths by Amazon Crossing in early 2022.In the red-light district of Shonagachhi, Lalee dreams of trading a life of penury and violence for one of relative luxury as a better-paid ‘escort’, just as her long-standing client, erotic novelist Trilokeshwar ‘Tilu’ Shau, realizes he is hopelessly in love with her.