Book Name: Honour
for a Ransom
Author: Rajnish
Gambhir
Publisher: Frog
Books
Price: Rs. 375
Blurb:
April 13th, 1978
Kartar Singh, an
upper caste agriculturist, guns down his newly married daughter Simran and her
lower caste husband, for the sake of 'upholding family honour'. His ex-love,
Sarah Jefferson (a British psychologist) visits him in jail to discover that
Kartar has been a victim of ruthless manipulation at the hands of his
politician father, Dilawar Singh, who is known to unconditionally despise the
lower caste.
Vowing justice for
Kartar, Sarah embarks on an intriguing mission, venturing to turn the tables
against the unscrupulous Dilawar, who by now is a powerful minister in Punjab
cabinet.
Curiously delving
into his boyhood days, she is astonished to learn that young Dilawar was in
fact an 'affable-boy-next-door' who too had a love life, having lost his heart
to a beautiful girl in Lahore...
What then caused
this drastic transformation in his attitude and personality?
With time fast
running out, can Sarah succeed in nailing Dilawar as the chief culprit for the
honour killings? Will she be able to reunite with Kartar - the only man she
ever loved?
A heartrending
love story - Honour for a Ransom unfolds through the Jallianwala Bagh massacre,
horrifying hazards of partition, romantic strolls by the Thames and the
unbending complexities of the rigid caste system.
Review:
Honour for a
Ransom is a kind of book that will leave the readers pondering about the story
long after he has finished reading it. The incidents from the story have been
narrated so realistically that the reader is sure to feel it happening in front
of his eyes. The characters have been well sketched. The reader discovers things
about the characters little by little, page by page and that adds beauty to it.
The book is
divided into parts - each part telling the story in different character's
perspective. The form of narration differs - some parts have been narrated in
1st person narrative, while some in 3rd person. The reader is bound to find new
words throughout - the book added more words to my vocabulary.
Honour for a
Ransom makes a place in reader's heart. The reader will feel love, anger,
hatred and compassion for characters. Its a good book to read and recommended
to all.
I rate 'Honour for
a Ransom' with 4/5 stars.
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