Manjaveyil Maranangal  (Malayalam, Paperback, unknown)

Manjaveyil Maranangal (Malayalam) is a suspense thriller by the Kerala Literary Award winning Malayali author Benyamin. The book deals with concepts such as black magic and features a story within a story.

Summary of The Book

Manjaveyil Maranangal is a Malayalam novel by author Benyamin. It follows a set of friends who are in the search of the remaining pages of a book which is itself a thriller set on the island of Diego Garcia (now a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory).

The book throws light on the life in Diego Garcia, which it shows through the life and times of the Anthraper family residing there. It goes on to deal with the concept of black magic (Mariam Seva).

The story within the story finds the youngest member of the Anthraper family shocked by the death of a boy. However, he finds that the police and the doctors join hands to hide this truth from the public and from the boy’s parents. The authorities say that the boy died of a cardiac arrest, which may not be the truth.

As the story nears a thrilling completion, the group of friends reading the story find the manuscript incomplete, leading them on a desperate hunt to look for the rest of the it. Their search for the missing manuscript adds to the plot of Manjaveyil Maranangal.

About Benyamin

Benyamin is a Malayali author based in Bahrain.

Benyamin has written many novels and short story collections including Abeesagin, Pravacakanmarude Randam Pustakam, Akkapporinte Irupatu Nasrani Varshanga, Euthanasia, Penmarattam, EMSum Penkuttiyum, and Irunda Vanasthalikal. The author has also written a travel book called Anubhavam, Ormma, Yaathra.

Benyamin was born in the year 1971. He is famous for the novel Aadu Jeevitham, which went on to become a huge success, winning Benyamin the Kerala Literary Academy Award in the year 2009. The novel has been translated into English, with the title Goat Days, and was nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize of 2012. It is now a textbook for the students in the 10th standard studying in Kerala University, Pondicherry University, Calicut University, and Bharathiar University.