కాసనోవా 99 [Casanova 99]

by Yandamoori Veerendranath, యండమూరి వీరేంద్రనాథ్

Genres: Thriller

319 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Chandana Sruthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow, one word is not enough.
I cant get enough of these twists.
Really woooooooooooooowwwwwww

A play boy(swapna mitra), an innocent girl(madhuvani) , a guy who has dedicated his whole life to his country(madanta), A Pakistani terrorist who is highly dedicated to his country and makes a 100-year plan to destroy India(FOX) and the plan which is implementing staying in India, India's president who wants to make peace with Pakistan in Kashmir matter(sri vastava), his son who tries to enjoy the freedom in spite of security given to him and power to use an innocent girl(Rajeev).
How these people are related, n what is the master plan, how do these people help to destroy the plan n save the country, or they are destroyed in the process of saving country,

A Novel from yandamori, Mix of love, sacrifice, patriotism, cruelty, master mind.

[Hajarath Prasad Abburu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Without doubt, first espionage thriller in Telugu with such a plot. Conceiving this plot itself is a huge achievement.

The story opens beautifully and picks up pace almost immediately. And the way plot is revealed around the middle is nothing but scintillating. The characters, for a change, were developed aptly. And the suspense was believable too.

But somewhere around the last 30%, the plot becomes predictable. I felt that the ending was a little too loose. Could've been better, only because of the stunning earlier portions :)

On the whole, a good reading experience though.

Recommended : For all Thriller lovers who read Telugu :)

[G Sai · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives you a brief account of Modern world history, Modern Indian history and even telengana history with a very beautifully fictionalised espionage story. It is a rare feat to combine all these histories into a gripping story. Though it takes time to establish the characters, eventually it picks pace. Yandamoori's mark style need not be specifically mentioned. Even the very last line of the novel is worth reading.
If you really want to know about modern history and that too without getting bored, I strongly recommend this book.

[Sai Lalith Voopalanchi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I usually don't write book reviews, because I feel I'm not a person who review the great books written by writers like yandamoori garu, Gopichand garu...

But for the first time, I wanted to speak my heart out...this is an extraordinary book, the reason:

1. Plot twists... excellent twists, every twist makes you feel like 'woah'.

2. History at its best, the book contains some real life incidents in history which I wasn't aware about. It also threw light on some world history.

3. Usage of real life characters.. yandamoori garu wrote this book using some real life incidents but with imaginary situations (hugh respect for sir's creativity)

4. Super engaging... seriously cheptunna, I didn't read it like a book, oka movie script chadutunna feels

I think somebody should take an initiative to translate it to other languages. This will stand as an epitome of how telugu action and suspense novels.

[Arun Shourie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Telugu Historical/Political Fiction at its best. The Story starts with the backdrop of Indo-Pak War of 1971 and how a Top Pakistani Secret Agents plans to take revenge on India and how a Indian Intelligence officer cracks such plot takings leads from various things happening around him and how he puts an end to a Conspiracy against India saving the Country. An amazing and fantastic read and the twists and leads taken in the story are unimaginable. Never before kind of thriller, which at the same time gives you so much of knowledge and so much of insight in to History and creates a beautiful fiction in middle of such History which serves as a lead to find traces. Though the Love story in the novel is little boring, but it is also important for the story.

Never miss it if you get a change to read it. A Must read. Yandamuri at his best.

[Surendher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good one

[Lakshman Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Haritha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best book for horror experience and it is available at Chirukaanuka .com

[Vamshi]

Fgvggg

[Geeta Vellanki]

After reading it .. I assumed one Ex-PM in the main role of this Novel.. so many days .. till his death! Too realistic.