Puffin Classic Adventures: Faster Fenay at Fort Pratapgad - Softcover

B.R. Bhagwat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143332015 ISBN 13: 9780143332015

Publisher: Puffin Books, India, 2012

Synopsis

This is a brilliant adaptation of a Maratha classic that will mesmerize readers of all ages. An earthquake, a kidnapping, a secret cave, ancient treasure...Quite the Bollywood film this is turning out to be, isn't it?" Fafe - Faster Fenay - the boy detective has an uncanny knack for attracting adventure. With his talent as a mimic, his skill with the catapult and his fearless mind, Fafe, at thirteen, has already put several crooks behind bars. Fafe and his classmates are at Fort Pratapgad on a trip. A massive earthquake occurs at midnight. Fafe's best friend Subhash goes missing and in an attempt to find him, Fafe comes across a gang of kidnappers on the loose! Join Fafe in this action-packed adventure as he pieces together the clues, bit by bit till the nail-biting finish. This brilliant adaptation of B. R. Bhagwat's original Marathi series based on the popular character Faster Fenay will mesmerize readers of all ages.

About this title

About the Author:

B.R. alias Bha Ra Bhagwat was born in Indore in 1910 and educated in Nasik and Dhule. In 1941 he joined the All India Radio in New Delhi as a newsreader. Following the broadcast of Mahatma Gandhi's arrest, Bhagwat went underground to join the freedom struggle in Mumbai. He was arrested and jailed for almost two years. After independence, Bha Ra devoted himself to translating the science fiction of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells into Marathi. From 1950 to 1957 he published a very popular Marathi magazine for children, called Balmitra. Bha Ra also created the character Faster Fenay, who became immensely popular among Marathi children. The work was later serialized on Doordarshan. Bha Ra wrote around 200 books and was also proficient in writing comic strips. He died in 2001. One of the most prolific children's writers in Marathi, B.R. Bhagwat has won several prestigious literature awards. Tejas Modak writes, illustrates, paints, makes comics, buys more books than he has room for, works as part of a graphic design studio called Euphoric Acid, yaks endlessly about art, lives in Pune and goes to sleep with an exhausted but contented smile on his face. His first graphic novel, Private-eye Anonymous: The Art Gallery Case, was published in 2008. Animal Palette, a graphic book he collaborated on as illustrator, was published in 2011

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books, India
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0143332015
• ISBN 13: 9780143332015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120