Shajarur Kanta

The Quill of the Porcupine
AuthorSharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Original titleShajarur Kanta
LanguageBengali
SeriesByomkesh Bakshi
GenreDetective, Crime, Mystery
PublisherP.C. Sorkar and Sons (also anthologized by Ananda Publishers)
Publication date
1967 in hardcover Byomkesher diary and in the Sharadindu Omnibus in 1972
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages182 pp
Preceded byChholonar Chhondo 
Followed byBenishanghar 

Shajarur Kanta (transl. The Quills of the Porcupine) is a Bengali mystery novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay in 1967. The murderer kills people using porcupine quills thrust from behind into the heart.[1]

  1. ^ The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries. Penguin Books India. ISBN 9780143061960.