I wish to congrtulate Venkatesh for the excellent book he has written. It was a pleasure to read this sequel to PS. Tha narration was gripping, the style breezy and free-flowing; I very much enjoyed the book. Well done, sir.
I was in chennai for a few days and borrowed the 3 volume book from a lending library. When I asked for the title, it was not initially available, but the owner of the librarary offered to reserve it for me. When told that I was on a short trip for a week only, he promised to get it for me; he said that the novel had become very popular, and he had fifteen sets in circulation. He also offered to add another set, if none was returned in the next two days. He phoned me as soon as vol1 was returned; I had to make three trips to collect the full set.
I had to read the book in a hurry, and I will definitely read it again.
Have read only one of Mr.Venkatesh's books and describing it as a stunner would be an understatement! Before PS i have never read anything from any Indian author. After PS it was Mr.Venkatesh's Madurai which simply took my breadth away. Having been fed on a healthy diet of only 'english' authors from Dumas to Grisham i can proudly say Mr.Venkatesh can walk into that group with his head held high.
I feel novels like PS should be enjoyed as an adventure and not be nit-picked by groups.
In Kamal Hassan's words "Kavithai sonna anubavikkanum..araaya koodaathu!"
Akhizan wrote Vengayin Maindan in 1960's(i suppose). that is a different book. It cannot be called as a sequel to PS, but a great novel about Rajendra.
Kaveri Maithan is the book written by R Venkatesh, one of the most active members of this group with the pen name Anusha Venkatesh.
U can read the authors note on vengaiyin mainthan..he clearly states that he was inspired by kakli n ps..... Elango's portrayal is very similar to vanthiyatevan who himself plays a lovely la amitabh style elderly but entertaining thatta character. True rrc is long gone during vengaiyin mainthan storyline but the seed was from ps tree.
Till now i knew that KM written by Anusha Venkatesh. But i dont that author is one of our great member in PS group. Im very proud to be a member in this group. But i dont know the details of our members.
Can i get member details in our PS group website or Do we have the details of all members somewher else? Please tell me...
I wish more will read KM, so that we can start interesting and fruitful discussions on the novel, characters, instances etc. as we do with PS. Of course, only with the permission of Venkatesh. The plot, pace, style, twists and turns - all the elements are good.