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Sensation; Kommuri's 100 Books in Stalls

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Sensation; Kommuri's 100 Books in Stalls
Sensation; Kommuri's 100 Books in Stalls

There was a time when people had no entertainment other than watching movies and stage dramas. With their fortune, educated people had another alternative for entertainment and it was reading books. Especially, detective novels and folklore novels( Janapada kathalu) were well read by then youth. However, reading detective novels was considered to be crime by then parents of the youth. Even then, detective novels had got great popularity in Andhra Pradesh. 

Particularly, there was a writer, who is now termed as father of 'Detective Novels' in Telugu land and the writer was none other than Kommuri Sambasiva Rao. It was because of him, youth went crazy on detective novels. Fortunately, Sahithi Publishers of Vijayawada, reprinted around 100 detective novels of Kommuri recently.The books were actually written in the period between 1950 and 1980s. The books are currently available in book stalls. Those who are interested in detective novels, go and grab the books. 100% entertainment assured.

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