The Case of the Man who Died Laughing - Couverture rigide

Hall, Tarquin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091925657 ISBN 13 : 9780091925659

Editeur : Hutchinson, 2011

Synopsis

Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of the Goddess Kali apppears, and strikes one of their number dead.

The goddess disappears without trace, and soon news of the crime has all India agog. For the victim is celebrated sceptic and rationalist Dr Suresh Jha, enemy of all gurus and mystics, and he has been silenced in a manner calculated to unnerve even his most loyal supporters.

As the media go into a frenzy, it becomes clear that the case goes to the heart of the battle between superstition and rationality in modern India. But the fact remains that a murder has been committed. And as it becomes clear that powerful forces are at play, one man is perfectly placed to investigate: the portly detective Vish Puri.

In fact, the idea that he could resist getting involved in such a tantalizing murder is preposterous. There is as much chance of him going without his lunch.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tarquin Hall is a writer and journalist who has lived and worked in much of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the US. He is the author of several non-fiction works, including Mercenaries, Missionaries and Misfits: Adventures of an Under-Age Journalist; To the Elephant Graveyard; and Salaam Brick Lane: A Year in the New East End, and has contributed to The Times, Observer, Telegraph, and New Statesman. He is also the author of the Vish Puri detective stories, including The Case of the Missing Servant and The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing. He first went to India in the mid-1990s where he met his wife, journalist Anu Anand. They live in Dehli with their two children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091925657
• ISBN 13: 9780091925659
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible