Murder at the Race Course by Berjis Desai. Published in 2024 by Shree Book Centre, 8, Kakad Industrial Estate, S. Keer Marg, Off L. J. Road, Matunga (W), Bombay 400016, email: sales@shreebookcentre.com; website: www.shreebookcentre.com. Pp: 237. Price: Rs 400.
It’s difficult to understand why Berjis Desai continues to be less than famous as a writer of tales that expose the underbelly of society with wit and humor not unmixed with compassion. Could it be that at heart he has the morals of a tabloid writer intent on titillating his readers with nuggets of gossip that might best have been avoided? Or......