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Beschreibung

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 pulling a fast one.

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.

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 pulling a fast one.

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.

Über den Autor
Vikas Swarup is a member of the Indian Foreign Service. Q&A was his first novel. An international bestseller, it has been translated into over forty languages, and was made into the multiple Oscar-winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Originaltitel: Q and A
Übersetzungstitel: Rupien! Rupien!
Inhalt: 382 S.
ISBN-13: 9780552775427
ISBN-10: 0552775428
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: A-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Swarup, Vikas
Hersteller: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
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Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 177 x 108 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Vikas Swarup
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.03.2009
Gewicht: 0,199 kg
Artikel-ID: 101799734

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