Avik Gupta

My Sweet Victoria Avik Gupta

My Sweet Victoria follows Gupta's extraordinary set of poems about the underbelly of London- My Sweet Piccadilly. Fans of a sudden twist at the end, the stealthy and uneasy tap tap of strangers footsteps who appear unhinged, the dark and strange world of death and the unnaturalness of this world will be thrilled with this book. Like Piccadilly, it cleverly weaves in plots and sub plots on the murder of a monkey God, humans who understand animal languages, an unborn child's intuition, a menacing child minder, murder through pets, a haunted house with a very determined ghost, an inverted drug mule and much more. The story is packed with characters and there is a delicious sinister quality to the writing and storyline. It is again a tale about London and its other side, its darker alter ego. Book 2 in this trilogy is as convincing as Book 1 and will leave the reader asking for more.