It is rather tough to sieve out books that can instill the scary category into a background that can simply be categorized as historic fiction. That’s where Marc Joan’s fascinatingly innovative book can be found in, like the somewhat cold breeze that declares the arrival of winter season throughout fall – dark and filled with tricks.
New Delhi, UPDATED: Nov 2, 2022 14: 38 IST
The book cover for Hangdog Souls by Marc Joan.
By Srimoyee Chowdhury: When embarassment, regret and despondence, a trio of vices, afflict a human mind, it can result in a great deal of unwanted repercussions. British author Marc Joan’s unique Hangdog Souls is one such story that records these vices while taking a trip through a three-century timeline.
Set in the kingdom of Mysore in 1799, the book checks out the overwhelming period of British guideline throughout Tipu Sultan. The main figure of the unique, a fugitive Englishman fleing from when being bought to perform offensive jobs by the [East India] Company’s army, is among the most intriguing and complex characters the reader might encounter.
It is rather tough to sieve out books that can instill the scary category into a background that can simply be categorized as historic fiction. That’s where Marc Joan’s fascinatingly innovative book is available in, like the a little cold breeze that declares the arrival of winter season throughout fall – dark and filled with tricks.
The book begins with the fugitive Englishman frantically attempting to conserve his presence from the ever-watchful eyes of the British army. In effort to conserve his life, his better half and boy, and his valuable eucalyptus plantation, the Englishman register for a Faustian deal with a warlock, or in easier words, ‘a handle the Devil’. The pact leaves him ridden with regret and the ‘curse’ of immortality that requires him to bear the impact of looking for redemption.
” What weight can stabilize the death of an innocent?” Achieving break from the dark pact, practicing the occult yet discovering himself in a sorrowful state helped by the 3 vices, the Englishman’s story is captivating.
Joan’s childhood in South India can be seen in the vibrant descriptions of the land. As the reader brows through the pages of this darkly upsetting book, they are handled a whirlwind flight beginning with bygone times till the year2070 The author’s profession in biomedical research study is come up with by the kindly repeating reference of the Eucalyptus plantation. The smooth shift in between alternative truths is likewise rather a difficult job that Joan cruises through with ease.
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