Mussoorie Writers: Stephen Alter reads from THE RATABAN BETRAYAL

The Chakkar will occasionally feature special videos made for Mussoorie Writers with permission on our website. Here is ‘Book Bytes’, featuring Stephen Alter reading from his 2016 novel, The Rataban Betrayal

"She didn't flinch. Her pistol was raised as well, it's snub-nosed barrel staring straight at him with blunt finality.”

Based in Landour, Mussoorie, Stephen Alter is an award-winning author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, and the founding director of the Mussoorie Mountain Festival. The Rataban Betrayal is an espionage thriller based in the Himalayan heights of Mussoorie and the Tibetan border. In this short ‘Book Bytes’ clip, Alter reads a brief excerpt from the novel and explains how the mountains aided the inception of one of the most unique books he’s ever written.

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Mussoorie Writers was founded in 2005 with the objective of celebrating Mussoorie’s literary heritage and encouraging an interest in books and natural history. In collaboration with the Hanifl Centre for Outdoor and Environmental Study at Woodstock School, Mussoorie Writers is committed to focusing attention on the Himalayas, as a source of inspiration and inquiry, for authors and readers from India and abroad. Check out MussoorieWriters.com.