Six Suspects

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• SIX SUSPECTS

  This is the second novel to be written by Indian diplomat, Vikas Swarup and is based on true life events. It is a multi layered story about crime and corruption in modern day India. Vivek (better known as Vicky) Raj the well known playboy son of the ... (read full critics)

  shotsmag published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

• Delhi underbelly

  The Indian literary novel may be riding high, but there is such a shortage of crime fiction set in India's capital that Vikas Swarup can be considered a pioneer after producing this whopping book. Six Suspects attempts to expose the contract killing ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  funny and true

  I believe this is even better that Swarup's first novel Slumdog Milionnaire. In fact, while on his first work he tells the adventures of one character, in his second novel these adventures are multiplied for 6 and more. During the narration you are not focused on the discover of the murder,but are m ... (continue)

  I believe this is even better that Swarup's first novel Slumdog Milionnaire. In fact, while on his first work he tells the adventures of one character, in his second novel these adventures are multiplied for 6 and more. During the narration you are not focused on the discover of the murder,but are more interested in catching with the lives of the Indian people and American guy and you get anxious about their destiny. Swarup switches from dramatic to very funny scenes.While reading you are impressed by the comtemporary India, where you can find the best and the worst people, and by the way the author shows his opinions about Western and especially American society. I am looking forward to reading his next novel.

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  Having read Q&A (a.k.a Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup, I picked up Six Suspects. Six Suspects deals with identifying the murderer of the rich playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh during a party at his farm house. Six suspects with varied backgrounds (a corrupt bureaucrat, an Ame ... (continue)

  Having read Q&A (a.k.a Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup, I picked up Six Suspects. Six Suspects deals with identifying the murderer of the rich playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh during a party at his farm house. Six suspects with varied backgrounds (a corrupt bureaucrat, an American tourist, a tribal, a Bollywood actress, a mobile-thief and a politician) are identified at the crime spot and the police need to identify the murderer. The stories of the six suspects are narrated separately painting a picture of contemporary India. Finally all of the stories are tied back together providing insight into why all the suspects are gathered at the crime spot and possess a gun. </p><p>Although the book is not a very gripping thriller, it still does a good job of narrating six separate stories, providing glimpses of India, tying all the stories together as part of the investigation and keeping the reader engaged till the end of the book. A good weekend read!

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  Swetha Balla said on Oct 12, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  the future Nobel winner?

  after "Q&A", which is among my preferred books, finally a second book from Vikas Swarup.
  It is something really astonishing and this author looks like the new Agatha Christie: the crime story is simply fantastic.
  But what is best is the picture of a Country (India) which seems, sometimes, ... (continue)

  after "Q&A", which is among my preferred books, finally a second book from Vikas Swarup.
  It is something really astonishing and this author looks like the new Agatha Christie: the crime story is simply fantastic.
  But what is best is the picture of a Country (India) which seems, sometimes, so similar to Italy: power in the hands of "criminals", poor people just dreaming without hope, money as the only value nowadays.
  And a Larry Page which is so likewise to a Forrest Gump which makes me express my sympathy to him.
  With an aborigine able to solve problems where our modern medicine is failing.
  Now I'm only hoping Vikas will write his third book soon.
  And if one day he will win the Nobel price for literature, I'll be able to tell him: I'm probably the first one to have considered such a possibility as a truly future reality!
  Paolo

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  Paolo Federici said on May 28, 2008 | 1 feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 384 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0385608152
• ISBN-13: 9780385608152
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Pub date: Jul 28, 2008
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