Title- The Black Dwarves of Good Little Bay
Author- Varun Mathews
Publisher- Hachette India
Format- Paperback
Pages- 336
Genre- Dystopian fiction
Publication date- 31 July 2019
Ratings- 5/5
Book blurb:
There is a city on the western shores of India where it no longer rains . . .
The sea has invaded its boundaries and its inhabitants reside in a towering structure called the Bombadrome, which hovers above the barren land. Theirs is an artificially equated society; they lead technologically directed lives; they have no memory of the past. They don’t remember that this place was once called Bom Bahia, or Bombay, or Mumbai.
Except for one man, the last civil servant of the India of old, a witness to the time when it all fell apart, now bitter, filled with regret and thought to be mad. For decades he has remained silent, but now a moment has come – which comes but rarely in history – that prompts him into a final act of service: To remind people of what happened all those years ago, of the events that unmade the city, then the nation, and finally their lives . . .
Sharp, layered and scathing, The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay will grab you by the scruff of your neck and force you to listen. Because the sins of the past can never be fully hidden. Because the end can never justify the means.
Book review:
“๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ช. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ช๐. ๐๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ.”
A towering structure “Bombadrone” in 2041 floating above a barren land was once called Bombay and holds scornful history. The whole city operates under an artificial and technology-driven society. No single soul living there has a memory of past except the last civil servant named Convent Godse (CG) known to be mad and the only person alive who has witnessed the exploitation and malignity that has changed the course of Bombay by a troop called “The Black Dwarves”. After being reticent for years CG finally decides to remind the people of ancient Bombay.
Actions conferred in present serves the future and this book peeps into the world that future may hold. Perceptive, intence and pretty much trenchant. A world set in dystopia “The Black Dwarves of Good Little Bay” will hold your conscious throughout the read and compel you to heed its words.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช, ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐พ๐ต ๐ญ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ถ, ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป๐, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐ฒ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐น๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ช๐ฐ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ต๐ช๐ ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น.
I was totally amused by the concept of the book. Dystopia is one such genre that has always fascinated me but I haven’t read much of Indian-dystopia and this read was much of a rollercoaster ride for me. Varun Mathews has done a tremendous job by bringing this debut into existence and I just can’t recommend it enough.
Thanks to @hachette_india for the #gifted copy.๐ป
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