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Originally Posted by omk3
Now started Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup ...
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Many times I've come close to putting it down and moving on. The characters are painfully two-dimensional - one-dimensional even.. I don't know if India is as corrupt as he describes it but given the depth of the characters I cannot really expect much credibility from anything else. And on top of that, bad ebook too: some headers and page numbers from the print version have found their way inside the text, right in the middle of the sentences. Too bad I have a habit of finishing what I start...
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And it's finally over. A very uneven book. Some parts I read with interest, some made me regret I even started it. The central concept was so clever and ambitious, it was a pity the author couldn't pull it off. I think such a book needed some decades more of experience, it was too ambitious for a relatively new author. Oh well.
I'm now re-re-reading some Jim Thompson.
