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Six Suspects

by Vikas Swarup
Lyndam Gregory
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Vicky Rai, the son of a high-profile minister, has been shot dead by one of the guests at his own party. They are a glitzy bunch, but among them the police find six strange, displaced characters with a gun in their possession, each of them steaming with a secret motive.

India's wiliest investigative journalist, Arun Advani, makes it his mission to nail the murderer. In doing so, the amazing, tender and touching lives of six eccentric characters unravel before our eyes. But can we trust Advani? Or does he have another agenda in mind?

Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia and Great Britain. Q&A, his first novel, has been translated into 25 languages and was made into the Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire. Six Suspects is his second novel.

Lyndam was Ashok in The Archers and worked with Dame Peggy Ashcroft in the radio version of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink. Television work includes EastEnders, Coronation Street, Rumpole and Chucklevision. He's appeared on stage in Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind and the musical 14 Songs. Lyndam hopes you enjoy his reading of Six Suspects. He didn't guess correctly who the murderer was. Will you?

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  • Release date

    October 20, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781408438565
      • File size: 504167 KB
      • Duration: 17:30:20

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 4, 2009
      This satirical crime novel from Swarup (Q&A
      , the basis for Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire
      ) opens promisingly, but suffers from the absence of a genuine investigator. Journalist Arun Advani sets the scene by describing the circumstances of the killing of industrialist Vicky Rai, shot to death at his farmhouse near Delhi, at a party celebrating his acquittal for a particularly callous murder. In the crime's immediate aftermath, the authorities find six guests with firearms among the more than 300 in attendance. They include a Bollywood megastar, a corrupt former politician who may be possessed by the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, and Larry Page, an unbelievably stupid American constantly mistaken for his more famous namesake (the cocreator of Google). Alternating flashbacks among the six suspects build to multiple false endings. While there are some funny moments, this is likely to please neither traditional mystery fans nor readers interested in contemporary India.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Lyndam Gregory sounds like he's having a grand time performing the tapestry of characters in this contemporary Indian morality tale by the author of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. Gregory gets to portray a young industrialist (soon to be murdered), a crooked politician, a Gandhi wannabe, a Bollywood star, an American good old boy, a mobile phone thief, and an Andaman Island native. There's also a computer-literate terrorist, a loving hijra (eunuch), and a prisoner who speaks only in book titles. Gregory slips adroitly into each personality, modifying his accent and pacing depending on age, sex, class, race, and economic station. Surprisingly, the over-the-top story is based in part on real events. Well worth a listen. R.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      The East Indian author Vikas Swarup's novel Q AND A was the basis for the Academy Award-winning SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. This radio play from the BBC dramatizes another of his works in 10 fifteen-minute episodes. Ayeesha Menon cleverly adapted the original crime novel as a series of newspaper columns read aloud while being composed by a crusading Delhi journalist. The hedonist son of a corrupt politician is acquitted of shooting a waitress. At a celebratory party, he himself is slain. Which of the six colorful suspects did it? Produced in India, the sleek, lean, well-paced audio emphasizes suspense, humor, and clashing caste issues. The case ends satisfyingly, with poetic justice meted out to all, even the hapless tribesman unjustly executed for the crime. Thoroughly enjoyable. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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