Sujathavin Kurunovelgal - Volume 5
Name : Sujathavin Kurunovelgal Author : Sujatha Year of Publication : 2015 Genre : Fiction, Thriller-Mystery,Novel Rating : ** (2 stars out of 5) A collection of Sujatha's half-decent novellas which compensate lack of novelty in plot with trademark Sujatha flair. "Thappithal Thappillai" and "Innum oru pen" handle the theme of infidelity in a shallow manner for cheap thrills. "Ilamayil kol" and "Uyirasai" take a single interesting knot and try to spin a novel out of it. "Austin Illam" is a rare Sujatha work with a direct message aimed at the reader but nothing more. "Ungalil oru Ganesh" is more a set of mediocre riddles than a novel but the publisher has gone ahead with it to fill some 20 more pages. Despite copying Sherlock Holmes' done-to-death plot device of the curious incident of the dog in the day (As opposed to the original's night) time, "Thanga mudichu" is the best of the lot which brings all Suj...