For those searching for the , the expectation is often a story about Tagore. However, what they discover is a story about the shadow of Tagore looming over a mystery that is thoroughly modern and chillingly dark.

(or Nure Chofa in some editions) arrives in town to investigate the disappearance of several men who were last seen heading toward the restaurant to meet Muskan. Aided by a local informer,

: The novel is praised for its "bone-chilling" atmosphere and addictive quality. Readers often find the first two-thirds of the book to be a high-stakes "page-turner" where the fear of the unknown keeps the tension high.

The novel is not a biography of Tagore. Instead, it is a where a modern-day Tagore researcher, a middle-aged man named “Kanu,” encounters a young, vibrant, and very human Rabindranath Tagore who has somehow stepped out of the past into contemporary Kolkata.