Reviews, research, awards, academic papers, citations, mentions, excerpts, interviews, news, events and ratings of Rajat Chaudhuri's novel `Spellcasters' below this book blurb.
SPELLCASTERS
Chanchal Mitra wakes up in a far-off desert town, sharing a dingy hotel room with the flamboyant Mr. Kapoor, who is planning to abduct a billionaire. Kapoor insists that the billionaire tycoon is an impostor. Chanchal is unwittingly drawn into the plot. Soon they are joined by the mystery woman Sujata, her eyes dark like murder; and then a crutch-clutching ex-sailor, who is quick with a gun. In the smog-swathed capital city of Aukatabad, an organic chemist engaged by the tycoon to design a mind-altering drug, is found dead from an overdose. Elsewhere, the billionaire industrialist’s chocolate factory is contaminated by salmonella while Sujata fights a fiery death at the hands of hired killers. As weird weather overtakes the land and Kapoor sets out with his accomplices to kidnap the businessman, the flimsy lines between friend, foe and lover begin to quickly disappear.
ISBN: 978-9391125882
Published by: Olive Turtle (Niyogi), 2023. Available from bookstores and online.
Reviews, research, awards, prizes, events, mentions, endorsements, author interviews
`A phantasmagoric journey through an alternative reality of collapsed time, hallucinatory visions and spectral visitations: an unexpected and unsettling rollercoaster ride.' ~ Amitav Ghosh about Spellcasters
Spellcasters won the runner-up position for the Gaurang River Literary Prize for Fiction including translations (2nd prize - runner up) 2024 (Press release below)
Excerpt at Writers Rebel (Extinction Rebellion)
Mini-review (notice) in The Telegraph (clip below)
Mini-review (notice) in Hindustan Times. (clip below)
Review in Outlook magazine by A.J. Thomas.
Review in Scroll.
Review in Muse India by Aparna Singh.
Review in Borderless Journal.
Book Release and Q&A with Dr. Subhadeep Paul at Centre for Foreign Languages, Bankura University on the occasion of an international workshop on Climate Fiction. (Dec, 2023) (Images below)
Excerpt from Spellcasters in Scroll
Rajat Chaudhuri interviewed by Mitali Chakraborty for Borderless journal.
Rajat Chaudhuri interviewed by Scroll (Suvasree Karanjai for Scroll)
Interview and Q&A on Instagram
Rajat Chaudhuri interview about Spellcasters by Kunzum bookstore blog.
Book talk (with Kolkata Bookworms and Read with us Book Club) and reading at Storyteller Bookstore. (Poster below)
Rajat Chaudhuri discusses Spellcasters, Climate-Fiction and his writing life with Tapasi Mittal on Mentza. (poster below)
Rajat Chaudhuri interviewed about Spellcasters by Kitaab.
Listed in Dragonfly Eco-Mystery archive
Spellcasters mentioned in this article in Daily Star newspaper (Bangladesh)
Notice at Dragonfly Eco
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| Rajat Chaudhuri with members of Kolkata Bookworms at Storyteller Bookstore |
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| Spellcasters, Rajat Chaudhuri's novel in Hindustan Times |
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| Press release - Gaurang River Prize |
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