Slumdog millionaire : a novel / Vikas Swarup.
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SoundPublication details: New York : Scribner, 2008Edition: Scribner export edDescription: 318 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 9781439138168 (pbk.); 1439138168 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Q & A. Subject(s): Waiters -- Fiction | Television quiz shows -- India -- Fiction | Poor -- Fiction | Billionaires -- Fiction | Mumbai (India) -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 LOC classification: PR9499.4.S93 | S58 2008Read by Christopher Simpson.Summary: Originally entitled Q&A, 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?, holding Ram on suspicions of cheating. Enter Smita Shah, a lawyer bent on rescuing Ram. With Smita as his listener, Ram reveals how his life experiences gave him the needed answers to win.
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"Originally published as Q & A"--Cover.
Read by Christopher Simpson.
Originally entitled Q&A, 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?, holding Ram on suspicions of cheating. Enter Smita Shah, a lawyer bent on rescuing Ram. With Smita as his listener, Ram reveals how his life experiences gave him the needed answers to win.
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