The Dead Fish

Translated into English for the first time as The Dead Fish, the novel explores the psychological depths of Nirmal Padmavat, a ruthless businessman whose personal life is marked by emotional volatility and contradictory sexuality. His complex relationships**x2014;particularly with Shirin, Priya and his beloved Kalyani**x2014;reveal a disturbing and fragmented self, crushed between deification and confusion, longing and detachment.