Syed Shamsul Haque (Bangla: 唳膏唳唳� 唳多唳Ω唰佮Σ 唳灌) was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. Haq lived alternately in Dhaka and London. He wrote poetry, fiction, plays - mostly in verse and essays. He, the youngest writer to be honored with Bangla Academy Award, achieved it at the age of 29. He was honored with Ekushey Podok in 1984.
This book may appear raunchy to many. I saw the story of a libertine, haunted by the dying screams of his kid sister being hacked to death during the sectarian riots of pre-partition India, find his escape by consoling himself that he has not come to this world to be tied down by bonds - familial or romantic. He took countless women to bed, until his bad conscience morphed into delusion and gobbled him up in his last escapade.
Written in the 1960s, the book is stylistically contemporary, in an awe-inspiring fashion. The writer succeeds in maintaining the charm that lures the reader to the finish, with a poise that invokes admiration and is reminiscent of Nabokov.