Former Head of the English Department of Kolkata.University, Tapan K. Ghosh has earned a solid reputation, both for his essays in cultural anthropology amd for fiction. His inclusion in British anthologies of short story competitions preceded the publication of his first book of fiction: Kafka in Kolkata and Other Stories (2025). His thought-provoking meditation on sore issues of contemporary civilization, or his insightful interrogation of evil in the history of screen villainy (Bollywood Baddies, 2013) are channelled here into narratives of tense intellectual fibre, informed by extensive readings in absurdist literature, mythology, depth psychology, or political philosophy. The economy of stylistic devices contrasts with the wide range of intertextual echoes and the subtle interplay of myth, reality, and textuality.