Q & A: Slumdog Millionaire
Paperback Published on: 02/01/2009
Price: £7.99
Synopsis
The book behind the multi-Oscar-winning film, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, directed by Danny Boyle 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 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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- ISBN: 9780552775359
- Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 24 mm
- Weight: 269g
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This was a great book and I enjoyed reading it. I liked the quirky structure and the way it unravelles the life of Ram Mohammed Thomas. The first person ... READ MORE
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A remarkable film about intelligence, Love, Money and Prison.
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This book is one of those few books that you simply can't put down until the very last page. The story is about an amazing life of an orphan tiffinboy who ... READ MORE
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This international bestseller was written by Vikas Swarup. It is published by Black Swan and its ISBN is 9780552775359. It was previously published under t... READ MORE
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I finished reading Q&A this morning, a thoroughly enjoyable read and a real page-turner. If the film, Slumdog Millionaire, based on this novel is anywhere... READ MORE
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Excellent tale of a young Indian for whom it all comes good in the end despite the hell of getting there!