Writer-critic B. Jeyamohan draws on his experiences living as a beggar in his 20s in new book The Abyss

‘The Abyss’ is translated by Suchitra Ramachandran from Jeyamohan’s 2003 novel ‘Ezhaam Ulagam’, which was adapted for the screen as the National Award-winning ‘Naan Kadavul’