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 pulling a fast one. In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which amazing adventures in his street-kid life 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 tear-inducing joyousness of modern India.
| ISBN: | 9780552775427 |
| Publication date: | 2nd January 2009 |
| Author: | Vikas Swarup |
| Publisher: | Black Swan an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |