Question

The book titled 'The Google Story' has been authored by

• A. David A. Vise
• B. Shobha Dey
• C. Fredrick Forsyth
• D. Vikram Seth

Hint:

The author is a Washington Post journalist and Pulitzer winner, not a novelist.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Sort the options by what kind of books each person writes. The Google Story is a reported non fiction account of a technology company, published in 2005, so its author should be a journalist rather than a novelist.

1. David A. Vise: An American journalist with The Washington Post and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1990. He wrote The Google Story with Mark Malseed, tracing Larry Page and Sergey Brin from their Stanford research project to a company that changed how the world searches. He is the answer.
2. Shobha Dey: The paper's spelling of Shobha De, an Indian novelist and columnist. Her titles include Socialite Evenings, Starry Nights and Second Thoughts, all fiction set in Mumbai society. No link to Google.
3. Fredrick Forsyth: Frederick Forsyth, the British thriller writer behind The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and The Dogs of War. He writes political and spy fiction.
4. Vikram Seth: An Indian author whose works include A Suitable Boy, The Golden Gate and An Equal Music. Again fiction and poetry, not technology reporting.

Three of the four are novelists, so the genre test alone leaves only Vise standing. Two related titles often set beside this one are In the Plex by Steven Levy and Googled by Ken Auletta, both later accounts of the same company.

Let us summarize:

• The Google Story, 2005, by David A. Vise with Mark Malseed.
• Vise is a Washington Post journalist and a 1990 Pulitzer winner.
• Shobha De, Frederick Forsyth and Vikram Seth are all fiction writers and do not fit a reported business book.

The correct option is (A), David A. Vise.