From the author of the New York Times bestseller Slumdog Millionaire comes a richly textured social thriller.
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.
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.
斯瓦鲁普,出生于印度律师世家。从小爱好写作,大学生修当代历史、心理学、哲学。供职于印度外交部、曾被派驻到土耳其、美国、埃塞俄比亚和英国。现就任印度驻比勒陀利亚(南非首都)大使馆的副大使。
很赞的一本推理小说,结局起码有一点大家各得其所的韵味。只是对于书中一些细节还不是很明白,恳请路过的高手们指点迷津。 1,到底是谁是拉里佩吉的笔友?难道是莎布南的妹妹?她用照片冒充姐姐?依据? 2,拉里佩吉找的那个私家侦探查到的是莎布南妹妹的住所吗?他怎么知道妹...
评分看过Q&A的人都知道斯的说故事能力,各种角度不同手法。在读者面前描绘出如诗的故事。不愿看都不行。 故事的结局有点惊人,可它却给读者留下了太多的想象。一个讲述印度政界的故事,一个让诸多国家思考的故事。比福尔摩斯还福尔摩斯。
评分 评分六个嫌疑人中的每个角色都代表了不同的社会阶级。这些角色有如一面镜子,让我们映照比对。透过艾可提这个角色,我们可以明白以物质取胜的消费文化有多么浅薄。
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