Reliance TimeOut organisd an exclusive launch of the book Hickory Dickory Shock by author Sundip Gorai. An industry veteran, Sundip spoke about the various aspects of his book and interacted with the audience.
Filled with suspense, romance and humour, the mystery thriller is based around the Indian IT industry.
The author being closely associated with the corporate world has given an in-depth account of the Indian IT industry through his book.
Talking about Hickory Dickory Shock, Sundip said, “The book is intended for varied target segments – mystery story lovers, thriller readers, Indian IT Industry workforce, Dan Brown-style puzzle cracking thriller fans, and people who like pure burlesque and farcical comedy.” He further added, “It’s the first Indian novel that covers the macro dynamics of the Indian IT industry, explores various variants of locked room mysteries and leverages the knowledge from rich historic artifacts from Indian history to create the build-up leading to the thriller climax.” Meanwhile, in future Sundip wants to pen down a story around an alien driven conspiracy theory woven against the backdrop of the Indian Corporate world. “I am hopeful of serving a bigger feast for the reader with more chills, frills and thrills with my next book,” said Sundip.
Speaking at the launch Dipak Marwah, VP & Business Head, Reliance TimeOut said “Hickory Dickory Shock is one of the first IT thrillers and is wellresearched, fast paced book with a terrific plot. I am sure the readers, and the IT workforce in particular, will find the book a great read.” Hickory Dickory Shock is available across all Reliance TimeOut stores for `195.
Synopsis of the book
Tuten (210) Chatterjee, a mathematical whiz-kid with an uncanny knack for finding patterns, chances upon a web-chat between two mysterious web-chatters – Hickory and Dickory – and learns about the deep conspiracy brewing inside Shivan Computers. Things take a murky turn, when a software innovator is murdered in a packed auditorium by an invisible killer, an unseen assassin kills a software visionary in a locked room and a mysterious masked man sabotages a server room and vanishes with Lord – a cutting-edge software invention from India. The trouble heightens when Raja, Chairman of Shivan Computers, hatches an accounting fraud of unimaginable proportion by manipulating the accounting book of Lord.
About the author
Sundip Gorai is a BTech from IIT and an MBA from IMT with fifteen years of experience in Business Intelligence and Analytics.
He is the Practice head of Business Intelligence and Analytic at a leading Indian software company. He has travelled across more than thirty countries and advised global organisations on information strategy. His area of interest includes recreational mathematics, whodunit, Howdunits, surf guitar legends, Bollywood potboilers, quantitative analytic models, submarine rides, and spirituality.
He currently lives in Atlanta, USA.
