There's a caste system even in murder.Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police search each and every guest. Six of them are discovered with guns in their possession. In this elaborate murder mystery we join Arun Advani, India's best-known investigative journalist, as the lives of these six suspects unravel before our eyes: a corrupt bureaucrat; an American tourist; a stone-age tribesman; a Bollywood sex symbol; a mobile phone thief; and an ambitious politician. Each is equally likely to have pulled the trigger. Inspired by actual events, Vikas Swarup's eagerly awaited second novel is both a riveting page turner and an insightful peek into the heart and soul 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。
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。
评分家住图书馆边的好处,就是可以随时读这种无收藏价值的畅销书然后不为家里无处入置的纸质出版物。家里有个爱去图书馆的人的好处就是总可以在一堆的历史研究资料里找到一两本这种本不会去找来看的消遣类厕上读物。说了半天就是觉得对这种小说,没什么太多针对书本身要说的东西,...
评分其实这个真的不是悬疑小说,而是。。。。。纪实小说!真相,就是这么残酷。 小说的情节环环紧扣,几个主人公的人生交错发展,不同背景反应印度社会不同的黑暗面,有时候看得我都牙齿咬紧了,恨不得和坏人直接PK。这样的小说,如果是中国作家写的,估计是出版不了的...
评分读到艾可提死去的,我觉得太伤心了。他和昌比活在社会的最底层,但却拥有了世界上最真挚的爱情,而现实社会却总让最底层的人蒙受不白之冤,成为有钱人的替死鬼……
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