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The International Bestseller Filmed as Slumdog Millionaire

Vikas Swarup

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Black Swan
01 February 2006

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

The bestselling, award-winning novel behind the Oscar-winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, directed by Danny Boyle

The bestselling book behind the Oscar-winning film SLUMDOG MILLLIONAIRE directed by Danny Boyle

'An absorbing and richly entertaining read' Times

Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is cheating?

In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which incredible adventures in his life on the streets gave him the answers. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, and into the homes of Bollywood's rich and famous, Ram's story is brimming with the chaotic comedy, heart-stopping tragedy and joyousness of modern India.

'Popular fiction at its best and brightest' Guardian 'Colourful' Sunday Telegraph 'Poignant, funny, rich' MEG ROSOFF, bestselling author of HOW I LIVE NOW 'Not to be missed' Observer

By: Vikas Swarup
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780552772501
ISBN 10: 055277250X
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 February 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vikas Swarup is a member of the Indian Foreign Service. Q&A,is an international bestseller and is translated into thirty-five languages so far . A stage musical is in preparation. His new novel, Six Suspects, is currently available as a Doubleday hardback and is due to be published as a Black Swan paperback in February 2009. Find out more about the author by visiting his website: www.vikasswarup.net

Reviews for Q & A: The International Bestseller Filmed as Slumdog Millionaire

This brilliant story, as colossal, vibrant and chaotic as India itself... is not to be missed Observer Poignant, funny, rich... with an utterly orignal and brilliant structure at its heart -- Meg Rosoff, author of HOW I LIVE NOW Mingling broad humour with incisive social comment, Q&A is absorbing and richly entertaining reading The Times This lively picaresque novel has an original and telling premise... a colourful portrait of Indian society is painted with remarkable lightness and wit Sunday Telegraph A hugely successful mixture of satire and intrigue Independent on Sunday