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A delightful endeavour, a delicate, poetic exploration of life in a sleepy island. Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize Fiction 2025 Shortlist, Godrej Literature Live! Fiction Best First Book 2025 Shortlist. Author is a master chef, he knows how mundane life can be so poetic, nuances punctuate the narration and set a remarkable standard. It's the nuances make me fall in love with it. This book is the musings of unheard life. Kishore Ram brings magic to the words, and gives life to them. Every character feels alive with blood and flesh. Unseen, unheard, Thankachan is main character in a story where nothing is going well with him, even though the story isn't about him it's rather about his brother. He is curious to explore the world but the island is yet to be revealed to him. He is naive, too mediocre but you will be able to feel something beautiful, his mediocrity author handled with care and empathy. Blurb- Are doors to the past ever really shut? Are some crimes more understandable than others? Disgraced after failing the university exams, Thankachan has returned to his old life. On Fathima Island in the Ashtamudi archipelago, his days are clouded over by the fear of never making anything of himself, but soon, strange events begin to happen on the island. A dead body surfaces one day, then another. Soon, a murder case considered solved years ago is suddenly once again wide open. Is his evasive brother involved in something sinister? Is the fate of a fisherman’s son really sealed at birth? Everything threaten to shake the foundations of community life and wreck Thankachan’s hopes for the future. A small island community, a murder mystery and whispers of a new romance. Thank you the copy @penguinindia #TheDeadKnowNothing #Theladylivesinbook #Explore #Ilovereading

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