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Q and A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire) Book
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Foyles
The bestselling book behind the Oscar-winning film SLUMDOG MILLLIONAIRE directed by Danny Boyle'An absorbing and richly entertaining read' TimesFormer 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
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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. Reviewing TV footage of the show Ram tells us how he won 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. Set in modern India "Q & A" presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle of good against evil and what happens when one boy has no choice left in life but to survive.
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BookDepository
Q & A : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780552772501 : : 01 Aug 2006 : 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.
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Blackwell
A young East Indian man was arrested only because he had answered correctly all the questions in a quiz show This novel has been made into the very popular moVietnamese Slumdog Millionaire. Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Bich Lan. In Vietnamese.
- 055277250X
- 9780552772501
- Vikas Swarup
- 1 February 2006
- Black Swan
- Paperback (Book)
- 384
- New edition
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