He Knows Too Much

by Alan Maley

[Cambridge Readers Level 6]

An English company executive in India is dismissed after he tries to uncover corruption within his company. He returns to England where his life falls apart and his marriage breaks up. He then sets out on a one-man search for the truth behind his dismissal. He turns to the rich mystery and beauty of India and is finally forced to choose between love and revenge.

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 1999

About the author

Alan Maley worked for The British Council from 1962 to 1988, serving as English Language Officer in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, and China, and as Regional Representative in South India (Madras). From 1988 to 1993 he was Director-General of the Bell Educational Trust, Cambridge. From 1993 to 1998 he was Senior Fellow in the Department of English Language and Literature of the National University of Singapore, and from 1998 to 2003 he was Director of the graduate programme at Assumption University, Bangkok. He is currently a freelance consultant, and Series Editor for the Oxford University Press Resource Books for Teachers series.

His publications include Resource Book for Teachers: Literature, Beyond Words, Sounds Interesting, Sounds Intriguing, Words, Variations on a Theme, and Drama Techniques in Language Learning (all with Alan Duff), The Mind's Eye (with Françoise Grellet and Alan Duff), Learning to Listen and Poem into Poem (with Sandra Moulding), Short and Sweet, and The English Teacher's Voice.

Reviews

[Ting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dick Sterling, worked at Trakton, a multinational manufacturing company, got a early retirement with no reason. He found out that his boss Keith Lennox and colleague Molly had an affair. Keith, Molly, and Vish, office manager, were involved in corruption that made many colleagues retire early. He has found enough evidences to send them to court for revenge. However, Lakshmi, the one he really wanted to marry, told him that we should leave judgement to God. He listened to her because of love and those corrupt people did suffer punishment in the end.

[Song · Rating 4 out of 5]

It tells a story about how Dick, a general manager in Madras,a multinational manufacturing company,was fired and then found the sectorys of his boss, keith Lennox, and the sectory under this company.In addition,during this period, he found true love of his life.

The story is fine,not very interesint.When I read it, I almost sleep because I can predict the end easily.

The end is a little out imagine.The bad like Keith, was punished by God. Dick gave up revenge as his wife tole him "we should leave judgement to God.People like that are punished by what they become". of coures,the bad got terrible end in the novel.

[Texas · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well plotted book, however with a wrong moral.

[Maria Dovnar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book that shows a power of fate and that life revenge is more powerful than personal one.

[Zeynep Aksöz · Rating 3 out of 5]

nice story

[Çetineus · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was a predictable book...

[aroa.library ⚓️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5⭐️

[Cristina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Espero, por el bien literario, que el autor consiga otro trabajo.

[Olivia kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Karma. Morality.
To encourage good and to punish evil.
This book is combined with those sort of things.
I guess the writer might fall in love with Asian religion or philosophy before.
I am totally for this writer's opinion. If i do good, i will be praised in any kind of term, and if i do bad, i will be punished in any kind of term;therefore, i tend to try to be a good moral person.

One retired man found out the dark secret about his retirement and the inner information of his company. He tried to revenge for what people did to him because he could not stand their immortal behavior. However, due to one wise beautiful woman, he could get out of his blind anger, and he let all dark secret go off his hands. He let everything be on God.

I cannot help but think the ending is a little bit artificial even though i agree bad things have to be punished. If the ending is illustrated in different types of Karma, this book will be better than now. Anyway this book is instructive.

[Eduardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

UOOOOOOWWW !
Veery nice book !!!
In the begin , it was a hard to understand about the story ..
There were several hard words for me ...

However , the book is pretty interesting ..
An english executive who is dismissed , when he tries to discover the corruption that was happening within his company ..
After all , he falls in depression and starts drinking a lot of alcoholic drinks , by the time his marriage breaks up and he stays alone .. no jobs and no family ..

So he decides to search about his dismissed , and the adventure begin ..
this book left me one life's lesson :

" We should leave the judgement to God , people are punished by they become , you have no reason to vengeance .. just leave it in God's hand."

[Lekhanath Sajag]

any

[Mohamed Natour · Rating 2 out of 5]

Less than average

[شيماء دعبس · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story is good, but too pornographic to read !
Why such unneeded details ?!

[Yassino]

Marvellous , but I need you to help me by writing detail in 120 word which character the most appealed, please I'm waiting your reply :-)

[Jingjing Wu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another detective book recommended by professor Brendan who taught 'Academic English'. The plot was easy to follow and the ending was good. I like happy ending! :)