Behind the Silicon Mask (English, Paperback, Sundaresan Eshwar)

I was sold on this book when I reached this particular line ‘Osama was on top of everybody’s hit list and Obama was a spelling mistake.’

Behind the SiliconMask is a true to life account of the larger than life game that is the IT life. The novel moonlights as a murder mystery while giving you a true to life insight into the IT lifestyle that has become the norm these days.

Pluses:

1. The language was fantastic and reads through in a breeze, all the while being profound.

2. Narration : Th...

This book is a beautiful blend of style, pace, plot, humour, satire, emotion and philosophy. Can an Indian author do all this? Most authors are able to achieve 3 or 4 among the above compromising on the others, but Eshwar has done extremely well on all of them in a first book. Words just flow effortlessly in the pages, which you cannot help keep turning. At the end, I felt sad that the book ended so soon! Wish it had run for another 100 pages or so!
A must read for anyone, but more so if you ...

A captivating thriller!! Eshwar Sunderesan starts with a bang in his first commercial novel. With strong and memorable characters, a crisp narrative and deftly intertwining story lines, this fast-paced novel takes place in a single day in Milwaukee. Wiscoinsin. In the space of a single day you will be introduced to a vast variety of characters whose storylines span across multiple countries and multiple generations. With the techies in a race against time to solve an elusive flaw in their so...