Book: Killing Time in Delhi
Author: Ravi Shankar
Etteth
Publisher: Westland
Genre: Fiction(Mystery/Thriller)
Blurb:
Bon vivant Charlie Seth, a privileged denizen of Lutyens’
Delhi, leads a life of idle luxury fuelled by money, drugs, sex and parties. A
cocaine overdose kills his ditzy girlfriend, thrusting him into a maelstrom of
conspiracy, murder, blackmail and promiscuity. As the world of Crazy Rich
Punjabis unravels, Charlie’s future is suddenly at the mercy of an enigmatic
woman, an unscrupulous swami, a society-obsessed policeman, a slippery drug
pusher and a disloyal valet. The only person who can help him is his missing
aunt. Holed up in the country palace that his grandfather had won in a game of
cards from a raja on Diwali, Charlie plots his revenge.
Killing Time in Delhi is a brutally funny look into the shenanigans of
Delhi’s ultrarich who live in the fast lane and are high on hypocrisy, borrowed
money and dubious deals.
Review:
One problem I have with books dealing with rich people is that
I cannot deal with the aura and the surroundings but here in this book when two
and two put together the results were fascinating. I really enjoyed every bit
of the book; from the thriller element to the witty things everything was on
mark.
The characters were so rich and well executed that it felt
like a real life experience to me. What takes a book ahead is a story but here
the book was carried forward by the instances and narration. With a great
narration and ambience this had me on edge from the very start.
I had some personal issues while dealing with this book
because I was going in with a mindset that I will be reading a well know tale
of thriller but oh my god I was totally wrong. It was hard at first to connect
with it but as soon as I was few pages in I couldn’t stop reading it.
This book can be enjoyed any group of reader because it has
something for every sort of reader.
Was my mind racing ahead of the book? Yes. Was I predicting
things? Yes. Were my predictions somewhat on point? Maybe Yes. So there was a
downfall.
Apart from few glitches here and there I had an amazing time
reading this book.
About author:
RAVI SHANKAR ETTETH is a Delhi-based journalist, satirist,
graphic designer and author. He has been the editorial cartoonist of Indian
Express, creative director of Observer Group of Publications, editor at India
Today and Sunday Standard, and CEO and editor-in-chief of Voice of India and
Millionaire. In 1996, Etteth published his first book of short stories, The
Scream of the Dragonflies. Subsequently, he published five more titles—The
Tiger By The River (2002), The Village of Widows (2004), The Gold of Their
Regrets (2009), The Book of Shiva (2016) and The Brahmin (2018). He is now a
columnist and consulting editor at New Indian Express.
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