Worldly, humorous, mysterious, and funny. These fourteen stories by the award-winning author Thampy Antony Thekkek gently stroke the surface of Indian and American life. -Sweet Pain-During that Journey -Mysterious Somebody-Curry Leaf-Jo Ramona -Dr. Alliankan Speaking-The Chief Editor's Story-Paulo Coelho and Kochu Paulo -The Lady Biker -Guava Mango -The State -The Damsel-The Winter Leaf-The Forbidden Fruit Being an Indian American author, poet, actor, and film producer, he writes about Kerala life from a metro, and about metro life from a metro. That is the peculiar beauty of this book. And the stories can be read with ease. Brilliant, original, and entirely absorbing work of fiction. Winner of Basheer Amma Malayalam Award 2019 and Kerala Ezhuthukoottam Pravasi Award 2019!

'Funny, hilarious and oblique. These stories are told from an unconventional angle.. the visual richness in the stories adds a new dimension to the reading experience.'- Benyamin, author of Goat Day and Jasmine Days Thampy Antony Thekkek's twelve storied in this book span village, city and country, animal and human, real and surreal political and sexual, pecular and twisted. Vasco da Gama and the Priest is a daring collection of stories. The authors freewheeling imagination explores lust for life and victory, mysteries of female psychology, the feelings of metro life, die hard habits, and angst and frustration of expatriates who forfeited their roots. There are many hauntingly familiar characters in the stories, they do not hurt anybody, yet taunt many. He gives a dressing down to the society in a witty way. With this book, he certainly claims his space in the English Literature. Winner of the Basheer Amma Malayalam Award 2019 and Kerala Ezhuthukoottam Pravasi Award 2019.

Worldly, humorous, mysterious, and funny. These fourteen stories by the award-winning author Thampy Antony Thekkek gently stroke the surface of Indian and American life. -Sweet Pain-During that Journey -Mysterious Somebody-Curry Leaf-Jo Ramona -Dr. Alliankan Speaking-The Chief Editor's Story-Paulo Coelho and Kochu Paulo -The Lady Biker -Guava Mango -The State -The Damsel-The Winter Leaf-The Forbidden Fruit Being an Indian American author, poet, actor, and film producer, he writes about Kerala life from a metro, and about metro life from a metro. That is the peculiar beauty of this book. And the stories can be read with ease. Brilliant, original, and entirely absorbing work of fiction. Winner of Basheer Amma Malayalam Award 2019 and Kerala Ezhuthukoottam Pravasi Award 2019!

'Funny, hilarious and oblique. These stories are told from an unconventional angle.. the visual richness in the stories adds a new dimension to the reading experience.'- Benyamin, author of Goat Day and Jasmine Days Thampy Antony Thekkek's twelve storied in this book span village, city and country, animal and human, real and surreal political and sexual, pecular and twisted. Vasco da Gama and the Priest is a daring collection of stories. The authors freewheeling imagination explores lust for life and victory, mysteries of female psychology, the feelings of metro life, die hard habits, and angst and frustration of expatriates who forfeited their roots. There are many hauntingly familiar characters in the stories, they do not hurt anybody, yet taunt many. He gives a dressing down to the society in a witty way. With this book, he certainly claims his space in the English Literature. Winner of the Basheer Amma Malayalam Award 2019 and Kerala Ezhuthukoottam Pravasi Award 2019.