Summary :
"Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion?
It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question.
Ram takes us on an amazing review of his own history -- from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal.
Swarup's Q & A is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know -- not just about trivia, but about life itself.
Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil -- and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive."
Quotations :
* " Well, all I can say is that at times truth is stranger than fiction."
* " It taught me a very valuable lesson. That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others."
* "The film shows life too reastically. I think it's ridiculous to make such movies. What is the point of watching a film if you can see the real thing in your neighbour's house just accros the street ?"
* " Is an existence without desire very desirable ? And is poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself ?"
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