At forty-three, Hucky’s life is torn apart. He’s jilted (his young lover doesn’t fancy him anymore), jobless (his boss wants him to take a break and recharge), totally messed up, and is battling the blues. Since nostalgia is therapeutic, he decides to pen a book on his fun-drenched salad days at Defcoms, a Bangalore-based medical college that churns out doctors for the armed forces. He recalls a journey pulsating with adventure, ragging, grueling regimen, romance, road trips rustication, dares, foreigner babes, power politics, drug addiction, gang warfare, academic gloominess, comical events, draconian rules, a Zen master, philosophy, God-consciousness and rebellion. What’s more, the delightful campus romp is energised by an eccentric genius, an avid bettor, two brawny dudes, a war cry shouter, a planner of wild schemes (all part of the ‘Maniacs’ gang), and a few mushy lovers who make life unbelievably colourful. Seen through the right prism of seven maverick minds, it’s as psychedelic a journey as the LSD trips Hucky loves. Just when he’ getting numbed again by melancholy, Hucky and Paddy, a nephew he’s shacking up with, drink a death cocktail, meet God, and find their lives racing towards a magical, delightful new beginning.

About the Author :

N. Sampath Kumar tries to live in Chennai: a tough ask since ambient noise levels, flying blood banks aka mosquitoes, burning plastics and traditions are killing him slowly. He writes novels when he’s not grouchy. That means he types for about twenty minutes every week. Comfort him at sampathnovel@gmail.com or campuscola@gmail.com Hound him at facebook.com/n.sampath.kumar or twitter.com/sampathism