THOUGH in the west he is best known as Oscar-winning film maker, Satyajit Ray's reputation in India extends to a freat many
other spheres.Beside being an artist he was a prolifis short story writer, with over a dozen volumes to his credits.Between 1965 and 1992 Ray wrote a total of thirty five feluda stories,(in bengali his native language), featuring the master sleuth Pradosh,c,Mitter,his asistant Topse and Lalmohan babu a bumbling writer of crime fiction.The locales range from Gantok , Varanasi to Jaisalmer and Ellora apart from Feludas home town of Calcutta.The plots involve murder,
intrigue and adventure...narrated in a racy humourous style. Six exciting stories of deceit ,intrigue and murder featuring Rays super sleuth Feluda.
Gripping drama and suspence combine with humour and memorable writing to form a splendid treatfor Ray's fans everywhere.Seven gripping tales..which span the career of Feluda. Starting with the first story..DANGER IN DARJEELING..the book carries the last tale..ROBERTSON'S RUBY which was published after Ray's death.His stories are BADSHAHI ANGTY(THE EMPEROR'S RING), GANGTOKEY GONDOGOL(CONFUSION IN Gangtok) Soner kella( the golden fortress) , BAKSYA RAHAYASYA(the mystery of the box)KAILASHE KELENKARI( CAOS IN KAILASH) ROYA BENGAL RAHASYA( THE MYSTERY OF ROYAL BENGAL)