Writing on the Edge: Novels of Suspense | Ram Murali & Vikas Swarup in conversation with Bee Rowlatt

Описание: Writing on the Edge: Novels of Suspense
Ram Murali and Vikas Swarup in conversation with Bee Rowlatt

Presented by SAKAL Media Group

Across genres, a characteristic feature of the novel is its obsession with the interrogation and exploration of the human psyche in its sociopolitical context. In Death in the Air, Ram Murali’s debut murder mystery crafts a slow-burn tale that unravels his protagonist’s character even as he trails the whodunnit. Diplomat and author Vikas Swarup’s recent novel The Girl with Seven Lives, chronicles a young girl's odyssey across India after being abducted by a masked gunman. In conversation with Bee Rowlatt, author of One Woman Crime Wave, these two novelists of the social psychodrama share their approach to their genres, the different perspectives and preoccupations of their genres, and their own insights into the psyche and the social.

Ram Murali began his career as a lawyer in London and Paris before transitioning to film and television development, production, and distribution. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Columbia Law School, the Sorbonne, and the University of Cambridge, he published Death in the Air, his debut novel.

Vikas Swarup is a former diplomat and bestselling author of Q&A, adapted into the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. His other works include Six Suspects, adapted as The Great Indian Murder on Disney/Hulu, The Accidental Apprentice, and The Girl with the Seven Lives. His books have been translated into 47 languages, earning him four honorary doctorates.

Bee Rowlatt is a writer and cultural programmer. One Woman Crime Wave is her first foray into fiction, following her award-winning travelogue In Search of Mary. She co-authored the bestseller, Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad, and contributed to Virago’s Fifty Shades of Feminism.

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