Murder With Bengali Characteristics - Plot & Excerpts
Rocketing off the bat like a tracer bullet! It’s all about timing and placement! What a strike! Terrific blow! That’s some outstanding batting by the captain!’ The commentator was standing on a rickety folding chair, with two men on either side in case he fell off in his excitement. The crowd did not go wild immediately. A small group of men around the boundary line clapped furiously. ‘Guru! Guru!’ they cried. ‘What a sot!’ They turned and glared at the villagers, who raised a feeble cheer. The villagers were wretchedly poor. Most of them were bare-bodied. A few wore tattered vests. None of them wore pants, just strips of cloth wrapped around their waists. Many people in China still wore ragged pants, but at least they had pants. Big Chen found it hard not to feel contempt for them. Why did none of them want to get ahead? Did they want to stay this way their entire lives? He was equally disgusted by the principal of the local school, whom they had come to see. He was the one in the middle, thrashing the opposition bowlers.
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