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Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut, which provided the inspiration for the award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, is a page-turning and beguiling story of love, perseverance, and drama.

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... Read Full Overview

Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millionaire unfolds the story of Ram Thomas, an uneducated orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India. The story opens with authorities, unconvinced that a slumdog could answer all twelve questions correctly on India's biggest game show, Who Will Win a Billion?,... Read Full Overview

A FORMER TIFFIN BOY FROM M: RMBAI, RAM MOHAMMCD THOMAS, HAS JUST GOT TWELVE QUESTION CORRECT ON A TV QUIZ SHOW TO WIN A COOL ONE BILLION RUPEES. BUT HE IS BRUTALLY SLUNG IN A PRISON CELL ON SUSPICION OF CHEATING. BECAUSE HOW CAN A KID FROM THE SLUMS KNOW WHO SHAKESPEARE WAS,... Read Full Overview

Former tiffin boy Ram Mohammad Thomas has correctly answered twelve questions on a television quiz show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating--for how else could a poor, uneducated orphan know so much: the name of the... Read Full Overview