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Author: Vikas Swarup
Narrator: Kerry Shale
Genres: Literature
Publisher: Audio Partners
Date: September 2005
Length: 6 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4/5
Formats:
  • CD

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Overview

Ram Mohammad Thomas may be in jail, but he is not a criminal. A penniless 18-year-old waiter from the slums of India, Ram appeared to be on the path to wealth when he correctly answered 12 questions on the TV show "Who Wants to Win a Billion? The show's producers bribe the police to arrest him for cheating, and as Ram's lawyer rescues him from prison, he also extracts Ram's amazing life-story and a captivating portrait of 21st-century India.

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by Eric Ervin
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Not PG

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Written by Eric Ervin on February 21st, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Fantastic book. Written with such an incredible amount of creativity and detail. I was enthralled for every disk. The voice actor did a fabulous job with the accents.

Not PG

Written by Anonymous on July 15th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

The story is quite good, but potential readers should be aware that pity comes from the sickeningly awful things the boy has gone through. I was going to say that if this were a movie, it would be an easy R, but I would walk out on a movie that showed me these things. This is not to say that the nauseating and outrageous images are gratuitous. They form the hardest of hard-luck stories. The book describes small episodes from an Indian's young life which consistently include sodomy, child abuse, incest, torture etc. Had I known, I would not have rented it, but it is as well done as it could be for what it describes. I pray that this is not an accurate "portrait of 21-st century India" as the description claims.

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Written by LAURA BARTELS on May 25th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This was a lot of fun. A great read. The reader was incredible. Highly recommend.

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Written by JoAn on March 21st, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This was a great "listen." I completely enjoyed it and the narrator was very talented. What a story!

great book

Written by Anna Shahba on July 24th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Great story about this indian boy who durning his life time experince learns things here and there that helps him to win the game. Wow he tels his story just like an inecent young kid nice deataly. Great great book!

Selected Reviews

Q&A

by Eric Ervin
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Not PG

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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