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Six Suspects - by Vikas Swarup (Paperback)

Six Suspects - by  Vikas Swarup (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Slumdog Millionaire" comes a richly textured social thriller. Seven years ago, Vicky Rai, the playboy son of the home minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered bartender Ruby Gill because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai has been killed at the party he was throwing to celebrate his acquittal.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From the author of the<i> New York Times </i>bestseller <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i> comes a richly textured social thriller. <p/>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 arrest six guests with guns in their possession: a corrupt bureaucrat who claims to have become Mahatma Gandhi; an American tourist infatuated with an Indian actress; a Stone Age tribesman on a quest; a Bollywood sex symbol with a guilty secret; a mobile-phone thief who dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low. <p/>Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects, offering both a riveting page-turner and an insightful look into the heart of contemporary India.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"[A] Bollywood version of the board game Clue with a strain of screwball comedy thrown in... <p/>[A]lthough the story's geographical span is even bigger than India, the whole thing feels handily confined to the kind of isolated, air-tight setting that Agatha Christie's readers love. Thanks to such a schematic setup 'Six Suspects' is gleeful, sneaky fun....Mr. Swarup, an Indian diplomat, brings a worldly range of attributes to his potentially simple story. [His] style stays light and playful, preferring to err on the side of broad high jinks rather than high seriousness. A fizzy romp seems to be the main thing he has in mind. Oddly enough, that ambition turns this formulaic-sounding book into a refreshing oddity. It bears no resemblance to any of the cookie-cutter genre books of this season." --<i>Janet Maslin, The New York Times</i> <p/>"[A]lthough the story's geographical span is even bigger than India, the whole thing feels handily confined to the kind of isolated, air-tight setting that Agatha Christie's readers love. Thanks to such a schematic setup 'Six Suspects' is gleeful, sneaky fun....Mr. Swarup, an Indian diplomat, brings a worldly range of attributes to his potentially simple story. [His] style stays light and playful, preferring to err on the side of broad high jinks rather than high seriousness. A fizzy romp seems to be the main thing he has in mind. Oddly enough, that ambition turns this formulaic-sounding book into a refreshing oddity. It bears no resemblance to any of the cookie-cutter genre books of this season." --<i>Janet Maslin, The New York Times</i> <p/>"Charming, atmospheric, and driven equally by character and plot, <i>Six Suspects</i> is bound to be popular with traditional mystery fans and readers of international crime fiction, as well as the legion of Slumdog devotees. Highly recommended." --<i>Booklist (starred review)</i> <p/>"Enriched by the sights and smells of contemporary India, this mystery shows Swarup to be a skillful prose stylist and deft handler of plot, who's likely to win more readers." --<i>Library Journal</i> <p/>"The author of <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i> has another blockbuster of a story that begins with a murder, then delves into the lives and motives of the six suspects. The reader becomes intimately involved with each suspect while being treated to an eye-opening account of life in India." --<i>Romantic Times BOOKreviews (4 1/2 stars)</i> <p/>"The author of <i>Q&A</i> (2005), the novel that became the film Slumdog Millionaire, returns with an equally high-concept tale that uses a murder investigation to launch a riotous tour of contemporary India...a teeming, beguiling Indian panorama wrapped in a clever whodunit." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Vikas Swarup's</b> first novel was translated into over forty languages and made into the Oscar Award-winning film <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i>. An Indian diplomat, Vikas is currently serving as Consul-General in Osaka, Japan.</p>

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