The Case of the Man who Died Laughing

[manu1991]

some parts, about naming of rivers etc. the facts are mostly correct, the story is made up. there was even a small portion on Manu (Hinduism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which I know is true. i got it from flipkart and the paper quality isn't very good either. maybe that's why it isn't terribly expensive.

 

[mhsabir]

Ok, read the book last week. Felt it was ok-ish. Felt it was a bit dragging as it wasted too much time describing the surroundings/people all the time. The side detective track of the mother also seemed a forced one. Another thing that looked forced was the attempt of the author to try and present an "Indian" perspective of looking at things all the time , for example, many a times I could feel a "XYZ does so, because in India its like this" kind of way of writing. I will give it a 2,at best 2.5 out of 5.To add more to the Indian perspective thing - It was, as if, he was trying to tell the Non-Indian reader all the time - He does this, but hey, dont be offended/surprised, this is normal in India.