Review: Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries

Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Delectable stories. The selection of stories was good. We get to know how Byomkeshbabu gets to meet Ajitbabu and Satyaboti. Some stories even have links in subsequent stories, which only serves to tickle the senses even further. A very good companion to curl up on the bed with a tea on a cold and lazy afternoon.

I felt that Sreejeet Guha did a much better translation here than in her later work, 'The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries'. It felt that the translator tried to mirror the words of the author as closely as possible, which is always a commendable thing in translations, so the readers of the translated works can get as unadulterated stuff as possible.

A must read and more so if you're a fan of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.

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