{"id":12881,"date":"2018-09-23T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T05:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=12881"},"modified":"2020-11-15T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T08:23:10","slug":"murder-in-mahim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2018\/09\/23\/murder-in-mahim\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder in Mahim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jerry Pinto<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Em and the Big Hoom&#8221; is a favourite book largely thanks to how sensitively Jerry Pinto deals with the issue of a person&#8217;s mental health and its impact on their near and dear. Murder in Mahim, in terms of premise, is vastly different and as the title would suggest, a murder mystery. But once again, it is the sensitivity that the author displays in treating both the subject and the subjects that takes it beyond other fare in the genre.<\/p>\n<p>It would be unfair to compare this to his previous work simply because of the massive genre shift. I also feel that it might not have worked simply as a murder mystery because once the plot progresses, second guessing becomes rather easy. Two things worked in its favour. The pace of the narrative is tight. The author doesn&#8217;t stretch any suspenseful plot points beyond its worth, and in that sense, respects the reader&#8217;s smarts. The other part is the nuanced detailing. A subculture of Bombay truly comes to life in the book. (yes, I recognise the irony here) The author makes the effort to get the reader to empathise with the characters and their complexities. That goes for the city too &#8211; as represented by its people and places, and even the time of the day when it is seen.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The balance that the author tries to find is between a reflective commentary on how sexuality is perceived by society, and a gripping murder mystery. Largely this is achieved, though sometimes one feels that the two themes take turns in dominance, and the mix isn&#8217;t homogenous. Also, given the great job in detailing, it is a little surprising to see the author making errors in keeping surnames consistent and making mistakes when namedropping celebrities.<br \/>\nHowever, all things considered, time well spent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13115 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Murder-in-Mahim.jpg\" alt=\"Murder in Mahim\" width=\"448\" height=\"572\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Murder-in-Mahim.jpg 448w, https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Murder-in-Mahim-235x300.jpg 235w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 448px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 448\/572;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is different territory from Jerry Pinto&#8217;s previous book and therefore it would be unfair to compare. The narrative is tight, and the author tries to achieve a balance between a reflective commentary on how sexuality is perceived by society, and a gripping murder mystery. Tough job, decent effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[370,6007],"tags":[4597,5601],"class_list":["post-12881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-fiction","tag-jerry-pinto","tag-murder-in-mahim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13291,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12881\/revisions\/13291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}