Thriller Fiction and Literature
Original Source: https://www.jeyamohan.in/200919/ Date: 21-May-2024 Dear J, To what extent is the premise of 'Padukalam' realistic? You write this as a thriller. Generally, thrillers take place in a context we hardly know - like Underworld, Police etc. When it is set in a known context, question arises over its credibility. I am asking this because I too hail from Tirunelveli. Krishnamurthy Dear Krishnamurthy, In Tamil milieu, those who have written something are usually the ones that are required to explain it. I have been keenly watching the fiction space from world over; not sure whether anyone else has that interest. Most of them have formed an opinion through the residual information available here and there. It can also be said that most of them are deprived of a lifestyle amenable for constant reading. Even in Europe, reading literature is drifting away from being a social event. It is the self help books which reign both in readership and sales. Literature is reduce