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Swarup, Vikas.
Subjects
Waiters -- Fiction.
Television quiz shows -- Fiction.
Poor -- Fiction.
Billionaires -- Fiction.
Mumbai (India) -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
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Swarup, Vikas.
Waiters -- Fiction.
Television quiz shows -- Fiction.
Poor -- Fiction.
Billionaires -- Fiction.
Mumbai (India) -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
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Q & A / Vikas Swarup.
by
Swarup, Vikas.
HarperCollins, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION
SWA
Subjects
Waiters --
Fiction
.
Television quiz shows --
Fiction
.
Poor --
Fiction
.
Billionaires --
Fiction
.
Mumbai (India) --
Fiction
.
India --
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781443455015 (Harper perennial trade pbk.)
9780002006026
0002006022
9781554685134 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Q and A
Slumdog millionaire.
Slum dog millionaire.
Edition:
1st Canadian ed.
Description:
303 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Also published under the title: "Slumdog Millionaire".
Film interpretation of this novel entitled, Slumdog Millionaire.
Summary:
The tale of an impoverished waiter whose grand prize win on a television quiz show is questioned by authorities. By turns humorous and dark, serves as an allegory for the plight of India's underclass. "Why is a penniless waiter from Mumbai sitting in a prison cell? Is it because: a)he has punched a customer; b)he has drunk too much whisky; c)he has stolen money from the till; or d)he is the biggest quiz-show winner in history? Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested. For answering twelve questions correctly on Who Will Win A Billion? Because a poor orphan who has never gone to school cannot name the smallest planet in the solar system, or the plays of Shakespeare. Unless he has cheated. Ram prepares his defence by reviewing TV footage of the show, and takes us on an amazing tour of his life. From the day he is rescued from a dustbin, to his encounter with a security-crazed Australian colonel, and a spell as an over-creative guide at the Taj Mahal, Ram's survival instincts are infallible. Stunning an audience of millions, he draws on a store of street wisdom and trivia to provide him with the essential keys, not only to the quiz show, but to life itself."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Psychological
fiction
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