The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator: Vish Puri Mysteries (Paperback)
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781439172384
ISBN-10: 1439172382
Pagini: 309
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Seria Vish Puri Mysteries (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1439172382
Pagini: 309
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Seria Vish Puri Mysteries (Paperback)
Recenzii
“India, captured in all its pungent, vivid glory, fascinates almost as much as the crime itself.”—"Entertainment Weekly "
“Speaking of sweet stuff. . ..This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, founder and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results.”
– Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
“Vish Puri is the most original detective in years. Tarquin Hall has captured India in a way few Western writers have managed since Kipling. The country’s humor, commotion, and vibrancy bursts from every page, exposing its vast, labyrinthine underbelly. Scintillating!”—Tahir Shah, " "author of" The Caliph’s House "
“The debut of what promises to be an outstanding series….An excellent, delightfully humorous mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, "The Case of the Missing Servant" immediately joins the "No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency "as representing the best in international cozies.”—"Booklist "(starred review)
“Vish Puri is not easily forgotten. Properly disdainful of unoriginal crime-busters like Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, his unique methods of detection deserve to be widely known and feted.”—David Davidar, author of "The Solitude of Emperors"
“Hall has concocted a delicious book….Move over, Slumdog Millionaire!”—Anne Grant, "Providence Journal-Bulletin" (Rhode Island)
“Great fun, and full of musings on modern India.”"—Christian Science Monitor"
"Delightful . . . Hall splendidly evokes the color and bustle of Delhi streets and the tang of contemporary India." --"Seattle Times", "Best Crime Novels of 2010"
"Hall writes amusing mysteries...[his] affectionate humor is embedded with barbs." --Marilyn Stasio, " The New York Times Book Review"
"Modern India, in all its colorful squalor, provides a vivid backdrop for this well-crafted whodunit." --Jean Westmoore, "Buffalo News"
"Delightful . . . a terrific book with wonderful puzzle plot and a great setting." --"The Globe and Mail"
"Hall takes the reader into a very Indian, very Delhi web of spirituality, sin, slums, and power broking, but all treated with a veneer of wit and intelligent absurdity." --"India Today"
"Splendid . . . Entertaining . . . Vish Puri is large, constantly hungry, a perpetual victim of Delhi's traffic congestion, and a wonderfully engaging P.I. . . . A joy to read." --"The Times" (London)
“Speaking of sweet stuff. . ..This first novel is set in Delhi, where Vish Puri, founder and director of Most Private Investigators, Ltd., performs discreet investigations into the backgrounds of prospective grooms, with surprising and often comic results.”
– Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"
“Vish Puri is the most original detective in years. Tarquin Hall has captured India in a way few Western writers have managed since Kipling. The country’s humor, commotion, and vibrancy bursts from every page, exposing its vast, labyrinthine underbelly. Scintillating!”—Tahir Shah, " "author of" The Caliph’s House "
“The debut of what promises to be an outstanding series….An excellent, delightfully humorous mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, "The Case of the Missing Servant" immediately joins the "No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency "as representing the best in international cozies.”—"Booklist "(starred review)
“Vish Puri is not easily forgotten. Properly disdainful of unoriginal crime-busters like Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, his unique methods of detection deserve to be widely known and feted.”—David Davidar, author of "The Solitude of Emperors"
“Hall has concocted a delicious book….Move over, Slumdog Millionaire!”—Anne Grant, "Providence Journal-Bulletin" (Rhode Island)
“Great fun, and full of musings on modern India.”"—Christian Science Monitor"
"Delightful . . . Hall splendidly evokes the color and bustle of Delhi streets and the tang of contemporary India." --"Seattle Times", "Best Crime Novels of 2010"
"Hall writes amusing mysteries...[his] affectionate humor is embedded with barbs." --Marilyn Stasio, " The New York Times Book Review"
"Modern India, in all its colorful squalor, provides a vivid backdrop for this well-crafted whodunit." --Jean Westmoore, "Buffalo News"
"Delightful . . . a terrific book with wonderful puzzle plot and a great setting." --"The Globe and Mail"
"Hall takes the reader into a very Indian, very Delhi web of spirituality, sin, slums, and power broking, but all treated with a veneer of wit and intelligent absurdity." --"India Today"
"Splendid . . . Entertaining . . . Vish Puri is large, constantly hungry, a perpetual victim of Delhi's traffic congestion, and a wonderfully engaging P.I. . . . A joy to read." --"The Times" (London)
Descriere
Early one morning, on the lawn of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, the Hindu goddess Kali appears and plunges a sword into the chest of a prominent Indian scientist, who dies in a fit of giggles. Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and spicy, doesn't believe the murder is a supernatural occurrence and sets out to prove who really killed Dr. Suresh Jha. To get at the truth, he and his team of undercover operatives--Facecream, Tubelight, and Flush--travel from the slum where India's hereditary magicians must be persuaded to reveal their secrets to the holy city of Haridwar on the Ganges. Stopping only to indulge his ample Punjabi appetite, Puri uncovers a network of spirituality, science, and sin unique in the annals of crime and soon finds that solving the case will require all of his earthly faculties.