Shadows on Grant Road
Shadows on Grant Road
by Atharva Inamdar
Shadows on Grant Road is a noir & hardboiled book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Tropical Noir. Gritty, cynical, and atmospheric, this book walks the dark streets where morality is always in question. Noir fiction is honest about the world in ways that polite literature avoids. Published in 2018 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 68,714 words across approximately 275 pages.
The tropical noir focus gives this book a specific angle within the broader noir & hardboiled genre, offering readers a targeted exploration of ideas and themes that matter within this space.
Reading Experience
This is a big book — 68,714 words, roughly 275 pages, and around 5.7 hours of reading time. Books this size have room to go places shorter works cannot. Layered worlds, complex ideas, extended character arcs — all possible at this length. If you like to sink deep into noir & hardboiled, this one gives you the space to do it.
About the Author
Shadows on Grant Road was written in 2018, the year Atharva Inamdar hit Amazon bestseller lists in India, the USA, and the UK — and also the year Amazon blocked his account with ₹25 lakhs in royalties unpaid. Noir fiction — cynical, atmospheric, morally ambiguous — provides a natural home for stories drawn from the darker chapters of a publishing career.
Publication History
Shadows on Grant Road was published on November 1st, 2018, one of 11 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Written and published within the same year, the book moved from draft to release in 2018 without the extended wait that many titles in the catalog experienced. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-945-6. 2018 saw 110 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
Shadows on Grant Road is one of 9 books in the noir & hardboiled category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other noir & hardboiled titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The tropical noir focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-945-6
- Year Written
- 2018