The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
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Narrated by:
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Sartaj Garewal
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Written by:
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Vaseem Khan
About this listen
On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries.
The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant.
As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought.
And he soon learns that when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs...
A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation:
- The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
- The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
- The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
- Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
- Bad Day at the Vulture Club
Critic Reviews
"Garewal is a versatile narrator. He distinguishes between the wide cast of characters with a range of vocals including high pitches for annoying relatives, like Chopra's mother-in-law, and a singsong cadence for bumbling police officers. For this tale of mayhem, mystery, and corruption, Garewal weaves a spell that entrances the listener." (AudioFile)
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Gouri Shankar
- 02-03-21
Boring
Super time wasting. listned few hours story is not moving forward at all.
not recommend 😕
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Namitha Varma Rajesh
- 04-01-23
Bollywood potboiler
Firstly, the narrator has a British accent and cannot pronounce Indian words and proper nouns correctly, which is a huge hindrance to enjoying an Indian book.
While the book was gripping and I finished it in 24 hours, I had a lot of problems with it.
It seems to be written for foreigners reading Indian fiction. This meant a lot of over-explaining and reinforcement of stereotypes, especially as the book seems to be set in the Mumbai of the 90's rather than the 2010's.
There was quite a lot of non-inclusive descriptions "fat man", mention of skin colour only for dark-skinned or brown people (in fact, there's a bit with "dark-skinned... like a movie star from the South" which had me cringing). There are also too many reinforcements of old-school stereotypes such as what a "good boy" or "good wife" should be like, especially when Poppy is afraid that Chopra is in an affair with "the other woman".
For a book that constantly derided "Bollywood potboilers", this book is EXACTLY that. Full of masala, incredible plot twists, and loopholes galore. I mean imagine, Kala Nayak, for all his "influence and power" seems to have ZERO security around him! A baby elephant walks around the city like it's a puppy and even enters a mall! Chopra has his spare service revolver even after retirement!
The writing sounded amateurish and had a foreign view in many places. Examples: too many details (full addresses, including pin code), repeated mentions of full names of area (Sahar police station, Poomalai Apartments)/company (The Ramleela International Export Company)/brands (Cadbury's Dairy Milk)/people (Santosh Achrekar), descriptions like "butane cylinder" for normal gas cylinders... it was quite annoying after a bit!
The little hint at the end that Uncle Bansi may have reincarnated as the elephant is a bit too much, and honestly, unnecessary. There were other unnecessary things in the book, like speculations by many characters, that IMHO has made the book longer without serving any other purpose.
Ergo, I will not be reading the sequels.
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