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Is Tarquin Hall a tad...racist?

I picked up a somewhat enjoyable book by Tarquin Hall ("The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing"). The private eye mystery takes place near New Delhi and beginning the book I found it enjoyable...as somewhere along the line I started to think they sounded more like a Peter Sellers imitation of how an Indian middle class person would speak...rather than the real thing. It also seems that Mr. Hall is British...having lived in some of the "colonies" and having an Indian bride. But is he writing from growing up there? Many of the characters are Punjabi people who are a sub-group within India itself and quite frankly I know several Punjabis from the large Indian-American community here in Kent...and none of them really talk like that.

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John Bailo asked in General Book Discussion 5 months ago | Report

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    email him and ask him yourself--
    feringhee@mac.com

    Hall's "indian bride" is actually a whipsmart and highly respected BBC reporter - I doubt he's making a living by being prejudiced against his in-laws - not if he wants to keep sleeping beside his lovely spouse.
    The indian and punjab folk that leave messages on Tarquin's website seem to think he's very authentic - especially with culture, speech and food-- is it possible the kent folks are the racist ones? - or that their language and manner of speech have altered in their current environment?

    RacerX answered in General Book Discussion 5 months ago | Report
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