The Dreadful Beauty
Publisher: Ponytale Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kolkata, India
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9788190574846
Table of contents: title: The Dreadful Beauty marks the debut of Sunil Gangopdhyay’s immensely popular character duo of Santu-and Kakababu that has fascinated young readers for generations.; title: The thirteen-year-old Santu is nephew-cum-assistant of Raja Roychowdhury, aka Kakababu, a former high ranking government official. The Dreadful Beauty leads the duo to Kashmir. Kakababu is trying to discover an important relic from the first-second century AD. Which means that while everyone enjoys the beauty of Kashmir, poor Santu is busy measuring the mountains off Pahelgam-Sonmarg. But Sucha Singh, a powerful don of the area, thinks that Kakababu is in search of the fabled, long-lost gold mines of Kashmir.; title: Can Kakababu outwit the nosy Sucha Singh? Will the heroic duo help rewrite an important chapter in Indian history? Read the book to find out.