Kolkata, Sept. 19 -- Set at the backdrop of the City of Joy between the period of 2011 and 2013, "AND MILES TO GO" is a story of a few characters of different ages and diverse backgrounds.

They are in pursuit of their goals and ambitions in life, struggling to fulfil their desires. Patkel, a kid from the slums, decides to defy his fate to change his life.

The book, written by Sudipto Lahiri, a Kolkata-based civil engineer, is his maiden novel, set up at the backdrop of Kolkata.

And through the characters he has depicted the different shades of human mind, their desires, their virtues and their voice.

Author Sudipto says, " Through the characters I have depicted the different shades of the human mind, their desires, their virtues a...