Six Suspects
Author | : Vikas Swarup |
Publisher | : Minotaur Books |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2009-07-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429935371 |
ISBN-13 | : 1429935375 |
Rating | : 4/5 (375 Downloads) |
Download or read book Six Suspects written by Vikas Swarup and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for The Great Indian Murder, now a streaming series! There's a caste system--even in murder From the author of the international bestseller Slumdog Millionaire comes a richly-textured tale of murder, corruption, and opportunity. Seven years ago, Vivek "Vicky" Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered bartender Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi, simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai has been killed at the party he was throwing to celebrate his acquittal. The police recover six guests with guns in their possession: a corrupt bureaucrat who claims to have become Mahatma Gandhi overnight; an American tourist infatuated with an Indian actress; a stone-age tribesman on a quest to recover a sacred stone; a Bollywood sex-symbol with a guilty secret; a mobile-phone thief who dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low. Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects, offering both a riveting page-turner and an insightful peek into the heart of contemporary India. Audaciously and astutely plotted, with a panoramic imaginative sweep, Six Suspects is the work of a master storyteller.