The Case of the Love Commandos: From the Files of Vish Puri,

The Case of the Love Commandos: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator
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In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story set within Indiaâ€™s caste system, private investigator Vish Puri faces his most difficult challenge to date: a high-stakes mystery involving one of Indiaâ€™s most controversial commodities: love.

IN THIS CONTEMPORARY ROMEO AND JULIET STORY SET WITHIN INDIAâ€™S CASTESYSTEM, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR VISH PURI BECOMES EMBROILED IN A HIGH-STAKES MYSTERY INVOLVING ONE OF INDIAâ€™S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMMODITIES: LOVE.

Critics hailed The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken, the last installment in the Vish Puri mystery series, as Tarquin Hallâ€™s best yet, saying that each book has â€œraised the stakes subtlyâ€ (The Huffington Post) and provided readers with â€œa gently humorous take on life in contemporary Indiaâ€ (The Christian Science Monitor). Now, in The Case of the Love Commandos, Hall has upped the ante yet again, throwing more twists, turns, and surprises at Indiaâ€™s â€œMost Private Investigatorâ€ than ever before. When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young womanâ€™s parents are dead set against the union. Sheâ€™s from a high-caste family; heâ€™s an Untouchable, from the lowest stratum of Indian society. Young Tulsiâ€™s father locks her up and promises to hunt down the â€œloverboy dog.â€ Fortunately, Indiaâ€™s Love Commandos, a real-life group of volunteers dedicated to helping mixed-caste couples, come to the rescue. Just after they liberate Tulsi, Ram is mysteriously snatched from his hiding place.

It falls to Vish Puri to track down Ram and reunite the star-crossed lovers. Unfortunately, Puriâ€™s having a bad month. Not only did he fail to recover a stolen cache of jewels, but his wallet was filched and he has to rely on his Mummy-ji to get it back. To top it all off, his archrival, suave investigator Hari Kumar, is also trying to locate Ram. In the daring race to find Ram, Puri and his team must infiltrate Ramâ€™s village and navigate the caste politics shaped by millennia-old prejudices.

With wildly entertaining prose, outsize characters, and a perfect sense of place, this modern tale of star-crossed lovers transports us deep into Indian history and culture. And as ever, Tarquin Hallâ€™s gormandizing Punjabi detective is never short of a good curry.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-10-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451613261

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-10-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451613261

The Case of the Love Commandos: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator

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