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Minotaur Books
480 pages
Product Description
<DIV><DIV><DIV><P><I>There’s a caste system--even in murder</I></P><P> </P><P>From the author of the international bestseller <I>Slumdog Millionaire</I> comes a richly-textured tale of murder, corruption, and opportunity.</P><P> </P><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.</P><P> </P><P>Now Vicky Rai has been killed at the party he was throwing to celebrate his acquittal. The police recover six guests with guns in their possession: a corrupt bureaucrat who claims to have become Mahatma Gandhi overnight; an American tourist infatuated with an Indian actress; a stone-age tribesman on a quest to recover a sacred stone; a Bollywood sex-symbol with a guilty secret; a mobile-phone thief who dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low.</P><P> </P><P>Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects, offering both a riveting page-turner and an insightful peek into the heart of contemporary India. Audaciously and astutely plotted, with a panoramic imaginative sweep, <I>Six Suspects</I> is the work of a master storyteller.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV>