Feluda Series by Satyajit Ray

About the Book: Classic Feluda 1 Sixteen gripping tales of suspense and mystery This omnibus edition features the ever-popular adventures of Satyajit Rays enduring creation, the professional sleuth Pradosh C. Mitter (Feluda). In his escapades, Feluda is accompanied by his cousin Topshe and the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu). From Jaisalmer to Simla, from the Ellora Caves to Varanasi, the trio traverse fascinating locales to unravel one devious crime after another... moreAbout the Book: Classic Feluda 1 Sixteen gripping tales of suspense and mystery This omnibus edition features the ever-popular adventures of Satyajit Rays enduring creation, the professional sleuth Pradosh C. Mitter (Feluda). In his escapades, Feluda is accompanied by his cousin Topshe and the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu). From Jaisalmer to Simla, from the Ellora Caves to Varanasi, the trio traverse fascinating locales to unravel one devious crime after another. The Emperors Ring, The Golden Fortress, A Killer in Kailash, The Royal Bengal Mystery, The Mystery of the Elephant God, The Bandits of Bombay and ten other stories Translated from the Bengali by Gopa Majumdar About the Author: Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (1921-92) was one of the greatest film-makers of his time. In 1992, he was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In the same year he was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna. Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengali, have been immensely popular. He has published several books in Bengali, most of which became bestsellers. He is also the author of the famous Feluda stories, the translations of which are available in Penguin. About the Translator: Gopa Majumdar Gopa Majumdar has translated several works from Bengali to English, the most notable of these being Ashapurna Debis Subarnalata, Taslima Nasrins My Girlhood, and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyays Aparajito, for which she won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001. She has translated several volumes of Satyajit Rays short stories, a number of Professor Shonku stories and all of the Feluda stories for Penguin Books India. She is currently translating Rays cinematic writings for Penguin. less