Bloomsbury to Publish Dark Circles by Udayan Mukherjee

Bloomsbury to Publish Dark Circles by Udayan Mukherjee

Can one indiscretion be allowed to scar a family for life?

Ronojoy’s mother dies alone in the Ashram she had abruptly retreated to twentyeight years ago, leaving him — then only twelve— to fend for the emotional needs of himself and his six-year-old brother.

When the cremation rites are complete, Ronojoy is handed a letter from his mother that is not so much a farewell as a confession. As before, it is left to him to decide whether to share the disturbing contents with his brother, whom he has always sought to protect.

Picture Credit: Bloomsbury

Picture Credit: Bloomsbury

Thus, begins another tumultuous cycle in the lives of the two brothers who already carry deep scars from their childhood; their fragile minds ever at risk of succumbing to the dark.

Written in spare, stark prose, Dark Circles deftly weaves past and present, offering tantalizing glimpses of bottled truths buried deep in the recesses of repressed memory; brilliantly exposing the dark undercurrents that swirl under the seemingly placid lives of families.

Author Biography: Udayan Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He had a two-decade career as a television anchor/editor and continues to be an occasional commentator and newspaper columnist. He divides his time between the Uttarakhand Himalayas and Mumbai. This is his first novel.

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