The Murder of Roger Ackroyd- Agatha Christie

When everyone said Agatha Christie was the greatest fiction writer of all time., no body can write detective novels like her., I thought it was just bla bla bla.. until.... I read this book. At the end of the book, i was stunned by the conclusion, and I was in a situation to say to everyone that "Agatha Christie" is the greatest fiction writer of all times.

The story is set in a modest village, where the deductive Hercule Poirot has come to spend the rest of his life. Roger Ackroyd is a big shot in the village and he gets murdered. Hercule was the man to solve the case., and he solves it right at the end of the chapter in his own style.

This book is awesome and wonderfully scripted. Until the last moment you cant find the murderer who has came with you all along. I have to accept that i read the novel with full expectation and it did fulfilled my expectations to the limit.

There is a art in storytelling and as a writer myself enjoyed it most. Story telling is a difficult task, which has been done so seamlessly by the author. 

But the murderer and the ending affected me personally a lot. I shared most of the characters of the murderer till the last. People like us are dangerous. everyone calls us stupid, incompetence, lean, but the things we plan and do are difficult for others to digest. The ending of the story created a kayos in my heart.

This book is so much worthful, that you could get a doctorate researching it. A book to be in every book shelf. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Translation in Tamil also available Roger Ackroyd கொல்லப்பட்டார் by Srinivas published by Kannadhasan Pathipagam. 


For English: http://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/16328.The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd
For Tamil:   http://kannadasanpathippagam.com/pcategory/agatha-christie/

Reaching into the Skies

I could see my wife sobbing in tears.

There was a person looking like a Doctor and he is speaking with my wife., “Look at him, he is brain dead, he is of no use now” Doctor said

“But he is alive”., my wife responded sobbing her cheeks up.

“It is us who are keeping him alive., if we take out the respirator his heart will stop beating.”

My wife is now crying more now, “Please keep that respirator going, don’t take it off” she said

“But now long madam? He is already developing bed sores. Moreover you have to pay Rs.12000 each day for the room., and they say you have already two days in due.”

“I will sell everything to pay you sir., Please keep my husband alive”

“No mam, you don’t get it. He is just breathing, no senses nothing”

I shouted., “Hey Doc., I can hear you. I can HEAR YOU, I am alive” But neither of them couldn’t hear it.

My wife “look at him doctor, his lips are moving, his eye brows are shaking”

“Those are reflex reactions madam “ he said., “ Look at this” he said picking up a small rubber hammer and hit that on my knees”

“Oouch” I cried., “ That hurts you stupid doc”

But he never listened to me., he turned to my wife and said “Did you looked at him? his knees moved, did you say that is because he moved it, NO it is just a reflex action., He doesn’t feel pain or anything”

“Listen to me madam” he continued , “Your husband is brain dead, There is no way he is gonna come back., But you can make lot of peoples live by donating his organs., Those people who you gonna bring back to live will never gonna forget you. You husband will in their bodies., You will have to decide, whether your husband is gonna eat up by the earth or is he gonna be in peoples heart.”

Saying that he went past the door, leaving us alone. My wife was now crying heavily on me. I tried to pick up my hand to her shoulder to console her., but I couldn’t move it.

She came down and gave a kiss on my on forehead and that is when everything went blank.

When I woke up again, I found myself in a endless lawn, lying down , looking into the skies. the stars were twinkling brighter than ever..