South Asia expert, Stuart Blackburn, brings historical accuracy to a gripping tale set during the British Raj.
Stuart Blackburn Livres
Cet auteur a exploré le riche tissu de la culture indienne, étudiant son folklore et transmettant ses connaissances à des étudiants d'universités prestigieuses du monde entier. Son travail se concentre souvent sur le lien profond entre tradition et modernité, analysant comment les histoires et coutumes anciennes s'entrelacent avec la vie contemporaine. À travers son écriture, il offre une perspective unique sur la sagesse intemporelle et les complexités de l'expérience humaine, soulignant la résonance du patrimoine culturel dans le monde moderne.
Murder in Melur
- 261pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Velan saw the shape of a man in the dark, but not the machete gripped in his hand... Set in a small town in South India in the early 1970s, Murder in Melur is the story of Vijayan, a confused idealist who is buffeted by the politics of the period-the Rationalist, Dravidian and Communist movements in the Tamil country as well as the incipient civil war in Sri Lanka. His idealism, however, is frustrated not only by social convention and injustice but also by his own inertia and self-absorption. But when his friend Velan, a political activist, is mysteriously murdered, it gives Vijayan an opportunity to put his ideas into practice but also leads him into a chilling web of deceit and political intrigue from which it seems he cannot escape. As he digs deeper into Velan's life to look for answers, Velan's murderer lurks in the background and appears to be following Vijayan. But the questions keep piling up as the suspense builds. Why did Velan have to die? Is his killer the mysterious stranger with the limp? Or could it be someone closer home? Taut and well-paced, Murder in Melur knits together the lives of ordinary people, including folklore with the larger social and political issues of the day.
Can a love born in war survive the peace? A war-time romance, long-held secrets and a suspicious death disturb life in a quiet corner of rural America. And when the secrets are revealed, the pull of the past proves that belonging is more than just where one lives.