I loved this, others didn't, but it would be a boring world if everyone felt the same about a book. Having lived in India I am very drawn to its stories, real and not so real. There is something about the place that gets under your skin, and you never get enough of its complexity, its saturation of colour, smell, food, chaos, marrying spirituality with 21st living and demands, the tragedy and the relentless levels of energy expended in living and actually surviving. This novel is all of these things and more. It has tragedy, horror, corruption coming out of every pore, brutality, but it also has hope, compassion, kindness, loyalty. The plot is really quite outrageous - the basic workings of an Agatha Christie transported to the ostentatious lifestyles of the wealthy and wannabes in Delhi. A murder ha taken place at a party hosted by a most unpleasant young man who has just been acquitted of a murder. There are six suspects - as diverse as you could possibly get - and in true Christie fashion they all have a motive. Or do they. Although the main focus of the story is in Delhi, the reader gets taken on a whirlwind tour to many places in India including Lucknow, Kolkata, Kashmir, Bengaluru, Chennai, the Andaman Islands. There are temples, terrorist hideouts, beautiful homes and truly deprived ones. Yes the story may be a bit far fetched, and too many reviewers have focused on how unauthentic the American character is, but for me, this is India, and I loved it. And as with everything in India, a place always full of surprises, the ending is surprising too.

I loved Q&A so was expecting to enjoy Six Suspects too and I did. The story is told from the perspective of six suspects in a shooting. The majority of the characters are so fascinating that I was sorry, and a bit frustrated, when the story switched to another. I wanted more! Apart from that "complaint", another very good read from a very clever author.

a classic

Monumentale. Impossibile descrivere in un altro modo queste sei storie piene di intrighi e colpi di scena, che mi hanno tenuta incollata alle pagine perché dovevo sapere, sapere chi era l'assassino. Assolutamente consigliato; nei primi capitoli non è sempre facile tenere conto di tutti i nomi degli innumerevoli personaggi e dei luoghi che visitano, ma ne vale assolutamente la pena.

Dès le début du roman, la victime est morte. Six suspects dans l'Inde d'aujourd'hui. Nous allons suivre leur histoire et comprendre ce qui les a menés à cet endroit précis. Tous avaient un mobile.

La résolution de l'enquête est un peu décevante mais elle n'est selon moi pas l'important dans l'histoire. Ce sont plutôt les histoires des protanistes qui nous dressent un portrait de l'Inde, avec ses bons et ses moins bons côtés. Les politiciens sont tellement, mais tellement... grrr!

J'ai lu ce roman en Inde et je pense que connaître certaines références et façons de faire du pays m'a bien aidée à apprécier l'histoire. Qui finit quand même un peu en queue de poisson.

A good cast of characters, ranging from likeable to repulsive to pitiable to hateful. the only one I found hard to believe was the American who honestly read like Mater in Cars 2.

If I could I would give this a 3.5. It's better than a 3 but not quite a 4....it could have been editted a bit more for a better impact. He tried to envelope too much, but it was good fun to read.

Me ha sorprendido para bien. No creía que fuera un buen misterio "quién lo hizo", pero al final sí que lo es, si bien esa no es la intención.
El libro trata de hacer una somera radiografía de la India y una crítica a su corrupción política, a través del asesinato de un rico empresario indio que acaba de salir absuelto por el tribunal, y la historia de los seis sospechosos del crimen. De hecho, la novela está estructurada en un prólogo, la presentación de cada sospechoso, su móvil, las pruebas, las deducciones y ,por último, la confesión. Y la presentación y móvil de los sospechosos están narrados desde el punto de vista de cada uno de ellos, y con estilos diferentes: como un diario personal para la actriz, en presente para el ladrón de teléfonos móviles... El que me ha parecido más original es el del padre del asesinado, que está narrado sólo a través de sus llamadas telefónicas, que se separan por el icono de un teléfono. Aunque la historia más divertida es la del americano, que es al final una comedia del absurdo.
Como ya ocurriera en "Slumdog Millionere", el destino es un factor importante en la historia, de la misma forma que existen muchas casualidades, pero son verosímiles dentro del universo creado por el autor. La novela tiene un buen trabajo de estructura, donde las diferentes historias de los sospechosos se ordenan de tal manera que no te pierdes y descubres cómo cada una de ellas está interrelacionada.
En cuanto al final y el descubrimiento del culpable, que es importante en este tipo de novelas, al principio decepciona un poco, pero luego hay giros y más giros y cuando el verdadero culpable sale a la luz, sorprende.
En definitiva, una novela de búsqueda del asesino, que en realidad nos habla de la sociedad india actual y que es muy entretenida de leer.

This novel is a whodunnit murder mystery by the author who wrote Q & A (...that led to Slumdog Millionaire). The book had a common theme about India and its corruption. I raced through the book because the novel is set up with suspense and intrigue. However, there is something I just didn't like about the book, and I can't quite place it. I think it's the writing which is off-putting, but also the ridiculous-ness as the story progressed. The author was trying to be original with the storyline and its characters, but there was something generic about it. While "White Tiger" illustrated India's corruption in a smart, ingenious way that made you think beyond the book's writing, this book seemed more of a farce than a real in-depth look at India's class disparities. However, if the author's goal was to provide entertainment for the reader, then he succeeded.

Too many minor characters to follow, a lot of what I assume are Indian or Hindu terms that I was not familiar with. This book seemed to drag on, & because I have this weird thing about finishing a book no matter how bad, this took me a long time to read.