finalmente sono riuscita a trovare tre giorni di relax per dedicarmi a questo secondo romanzo di vikas swarup. rispetto al primo romanzo, le dodici domande, questo mi è sembrato meno profondo, più frammentato, e soprattutto meno originale. un omicidio, sei sospetti, sei storie, sei moventi, sei o...
Vikas Swarup is easily one of the most underrated authors in my opinion, he wrote the path-breaking Q and A, and now i am done with his second novel 6 SUSPECTS. Loosely inspired from many high profile cases, 6 suspects is one those rare thrillers which actually succeeds in engaging your attention...
This book attracted me in paperback – when there was a Borders five minutes away and a 40%-off coupon beckoned. Vikas Swarup’s first novel, “Q & A,” became “Slumdog Millionaire,” Oscar’s Best Picture of 2009. It also won Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay among a total of 141 other top awards along...
This is one of the wierdest and depressing books I have read in a long time. The story begins when a billionaire approaches an ordinary sales girl, Sapna Sinha, and asks her to become the CEO of his $10 billion company. But Sapna has to prove her worth by passing 7 tests. SHe has no choice,but to...
Sapna Sinha is an electronics salesgirl in downtown Delhi working to support her family after the death of her father. She's smart, pretty, savvy, modest, highly skilled, devout, selfless, resourceful, intuitive to an almost impossible degree, generous, courageous... and completely insufferable. ...
I didn't like the book very much but it wasn't all that badly written. The Story itself looked very promising and I think the author had a great idea but the way is Plays out is rather disappointing. Lots of "coincidences" make things happen and I found the characters to be rather flat acting jus...
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read giving the reader a taste of India. Once I got stuck into the book I couldn't put it down. I thought I'd guessed the twist in the tale, but I was totally wrong, its great to have a story that I didn't manage to work out the ending. I h...
Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gon...
We are in the middle of a long break. The producer of the show, a tall man with long hair like a woman — or a rock star – is busy conferring with Prem Kumar in a corner. After he leaves, Prem Kumar gestures me to join him. 'Look, Mr Thomas,' Prem Kumar tells me, 'you have done fantastically well ...
The sky blushes with the opalescent tints of the dying day as the red ball of the sun begins to slowly sink into the ocean, silhouetting the fishermen’s boats bobbing on golden water. In the far distance the ramparts of skyscrapers and high-rise condominiums stand out in clear relief. The incessa...