WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS: A part fiction part real 'memoir' into a life more than fully lived

by Neel Anil Panicker

This debut coming of age 'fictional memoir' is a first person account of a middle aged family man Niladri Bose as he delves deep into his angst ridden childhood and early youth, and remembers horrific events and incidents involving close family members, the death of a elder sibling, the loss and subsequent trauma sending him on a downward spiral that sees his life's trajectory go off the rails. Individual chapters thereon chart in minute detail the various twists and turns his deeply scarred life takes as he finds and loses all that is dear to him. The no holds barred vivid first person account of the protagonist;s life who has now become a rolling stone and his travails through diverse cities and professions is filled chock-a-block with roller coaster emotions ranging from love, lust, anger, jealousy, loss, despair et al all building up to a grand climax where he revisits the horrors of the past. It ends with the protagonist coming face to face with a n ugly truth that finally sees him burying the demons of his past and moving towards a brand new life. It's a moving saga of love, lust, and romance, of lost ambitions and a once beautiful soul getting lost in the cesspool of life's harsh realities as seen through the eyes of a typical middle class Indian boy battling Herculean odds as he finally turns around as he finally discovers the peace, love and happiness that he was seeking all his life. #pentopublish2017

141 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2017