Title: Thunder Demons
Author: Dipika Mukherjee
Trailer Creator: Arohan Dutt
Blurb:
Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2009
Set against the backdrop of Malaysia, Agni is struggling to comprehend her relationship with the land she calls home. The only man who can answer her questions is Jay Ghosh – for he still wears her mother’s demon’s teeth around his neck. Each must fight larger demons, for there are greater things at stake.
“Drawing on Malaysian folklore and a rich diversity of cultural traditions, author Dipika Mukherjee uses vibrant imagery and brutally honest observation to create a humanistic portrait of a modern nation still coming to grips with its past.”-City Weekend, (Shanghai)
“Thunder Demons isn’t actually another work in Indian diasporic fiction, though it is that and a lot more besides. It begins with a diabolical killing…but a modern day thriller turns only a few pages later into a book that raises questions on that most idiosyncratic aspects of one’s being – identity, who one is and the need to belong.”-Asiatic (Kuala Lumpur)
“Thunder Demons is one of those books that keeps your interest, gets you involved and clarifies your beliefs relating to the matters that these characters struggle with…” -Windy City Reviews (Chicago)
‘The launch of a thriller…It sounds like fantasy, looks like science fiction and reads like a political thriller with a literary bent…a lot of which is “inspired from recent politics”, referring to a case where a Mongolian girl with connections in high places was detonated with C4 explosives in 2006.’ – The Telegraph (Kolkata)
