'Rest in Peace' Ravan and Eddie -- the darkly humorous tale of two down-on-their luck youngsters from Mazgaon in Mumbai, began with the publication of the first book "Ravan and Eddie" in 1995.
Growing up in the cramped Central Works Department chawl in Mumbai, the infant Ram unwittingly falls off a balcony onto Eddie's father, accidentally killing him in the process. Soon after, the god-fearing mother of the infant re-christens him Ravan, in a bid to ward off the evil eye.
From the glitz and glamour of Bollywood to the badlands of Chambal. From air-kissing high-society to gun-wielding mafia bosses, the duo muddle along from one catastrophe to another, without ever losing their trademark sangfroid.
After the first book Nagarkar waited for 17 years to pick up the narrative again and take the story forward in the second of his trilogy.
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"The Extras" published in 2012, saw Ravan and Eddie getting a chance to shake a leg with actress Helen in a Bollywood song.
"Rest in Peace", published by Harper Collins, is set in the 80s and 90s. The third in the series of novels starring the two oddly named protagonists starts off with the duo finally making it to Bollywood as successful music directors.
"In the first chapter of 'Rest in Peace' you find out that the duo have been completely ignored. Ravan has gone back to being a taxi driver and Eddie is back to being a car mechanic. Then they find out that they have been located. The first part of the book is about how they then make it to the big time," he says.