What happens when a comedian who has never read a book meets author extraordinaire Samit Basu? Fireworks, friends, fireworks.

In this episode they discuss what their individual ideas of "fuck-you money" are and what they feel about being famous.

The next episode of Clueless Critic features Durjoy Dutta, and you can watch it being taped LIVE on Sunday, April 23, at The Cuckoo Club in Bandra. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/12785...

Books by Samit Basu:
The Simoqin Prophecies
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The Manticore's Secret
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The Unwaba Revelations
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Turbulence
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Resistance
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The Adventures of Stoob: Testing Times
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The Adventures of Stoob: A Difficult Stage
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About Samit Basu:

Samit Basu is a writer of books, films and comics. His first novel, The Simoqin Prophecies, published by Penguin India in 2003, when Samit was 23, was the first book in the bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked the beginning of Indian English fantasy writing. The other books in the trilogy are The Manticore’s Secret and The Unwaba Revelations.

Samit’s global breakthrough happened with the superhero novels Turbulence and Resistance. Turbulence was published in the UK in 2012 and in the US in 2013 to rave reviews. It won Wired‘s Goldenbot Award as one of the books of 2012 and was superheronovels.com’s Book of the Year for 2013. Its sequel, Resistance was published in the UK/US in 2014 and was just as well received.

Samit also writes for younger readers: other works include the ongoing Morningstar Agency and Adventures of Stoob series.

Samit’s work in comics ranges from historical romance to zombie comedy, and includes diverse collaborators, from X-Men/Felix Castor writer Mike Carey to Terry Gilliam and Duran Duran. His latest GN, Local Monsters, was published in 2013. He’s currently working on a number of book, TV, film, comics and new media projects.

Samit was born in Calcutta, educated in Calcutta and London, and currently divides his time between Delhi and Mumbai. He can be found on Twitter, @samitbasu, and at samitbasu.com

About Kunal Kamra:
Kunal Kamra has a career in advertising which has made him so jaded and frustrated that he does stand up in order to satisfy his need to ridicule and mock what he sees in his daily life. He's an observational comedian, and is known for his weird and twisted take on things. He's brutally honest and incisive and his material is fresh, edgy and hilarious.