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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.

    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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  • According to the author, Vikas Swarup, no one is decent in India. People cheated or were cheated. They called others bad names because of their dark skin color. They didn't help others and whatever they did was only for themselves.

    To be honest, I didn't find this book pleasant to read. I don' ... Continue

    According to the author, Vikas Swarup, no one is decent in India. People cheated or were cheated. They called others bad names because of their dark skin color. They didn't help others and whatever they did was only for themselves.

    To be honest, I didn't find this book pleasant to read. I don't like books that only talk about the dark side of people.

    

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  • 這本書明明就有中文版的幹嘛去讀個原文的呢?
    第一: 為了學英文,沒辦法,誰叫它國際通用語言。當然,秉此著"好讀書不 求甚解"的態度,不懂的地方如果不影響整個小書的進行,那就跳過吧 !!不然會讀到抓狂!
    第二: 它跟印度有關!!到目前為止,除了我第一本的英文小說"穿著Pra da的惡魔",只要跟印度沒關係的原文小說本人一概沒讀完過,聽起 來好像有點糟糕。

    讀完的感想呢?這真是一本一讀就欲罷不能的小說,充滿著娛樂性。娛 樂性?不是對印度弱勢族群的悲慘遭遇無動於衷啦!!只是..... ...哀哀~~不過書中白目的美國青年剛到印度的遭遇實在讓我也膽 戰心驚了許久,幸好 ... Continue

    這本書明明就有中文版的幹嘛去讀個原文的呢?
    第一: 為了學英文,沒辦法,誰叫它國際通用語言。當然,秉此著"好讀書 不求甚解"的態度,不懂的地方如果不影響整個小書的進行,那就跳 過吧!!不然會讀到抓狂!
    第二: 它跟印度有關!!到目前為止,除了我第一本的英文小說"穿著Pr ada的惡魔",只要跟印度沒關係的原文小說本人一概沒讀完過, 聽起來好像有點糟糕。

    讀完的感想呢?這真是一本一讀就欲罷不能的小說,充滿著娛樂性。 娛樂性?不是對印度弱勢族群的悲慘遭遇無動於衷啦!!只是... .....哀哀~~不過書中白目的美國青年剛到印度的遭遇實在讓 我也膽戰心驚了許久,幸好我第一次到印度的時候有朋友照應,不然 依照本人白目的個性,大概會被印度人巴的連內褲都沒了。不過一直 有個疑惑,在黑暗中開槍不是會有火光,尋找火光的方向不就可能找 到嫌疑犯了?

    

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  • What is it after Q&A?

    

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• ― Michaelliu Taiwan said on May 10, 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 27, 2008 | Add your feedback

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