Slow Burn

A Novel

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Rishi Saxena has failed as an actor. He keeps getting cheap gigs to dance like a clown at birthday parties of rich business tycoons, instead of meaningful roles. When an all important audition doesn’t go as planned, and falls in the lap of his competitor, rage consumes Rishi. In his rage, he punches a mirror, but instead of getting hurt, he slips right through, and arrives in the Mumbai of his dreams.

On the other side of the mirror, Rishi Saxena is Rrish Kumar. With a double R in his name. Success kisses his feet, and producers flock at his doors. His once-girlfriend is now his wife, and he lives in a mansion. Rishi has got what he wanted, and he decides to play the game. But success, too, comes at a cost, and requires a certain amount of talent. Rishi’s doppelganger, the actual Rrish Kumar finds himself in Rishi’s world, and begins to wreak havoc. And when Rrish Kumar’s dark reality catches up with Rishi, he wants to leave the Mumbai of his dreams right away. But is Rishi truly ready to go back to the life he left? Is he ready to go back to being a failure? And will his doppleganger cooperate in the swap this time?