{"product_id":"q-a-9780743267489","title":"Q \u0026 A","description":"\u003cb\u003eVikas Swarup's spectacular debut, which provided the inspiration for the award-winning film \u003ci\u003eSlumdog Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e, is a page-turning and beguiling story of love, perseverance, and drama.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVikas Swarup's remarkable 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 never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRam takes us on an amazing review of his own history--from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwarup's \u003ci\u003eQ \u0026amp; A\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know--not just about trivia, but about life itself. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil--and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwarup, Vikas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, and Great Britain.\u003ci\u003e Q \u0026amp; A\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was translated into eighteen languages and adapted into the Academy Award-winning film S\u003ci\u003elumdog Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e. Swarup currently works in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719102697746,"sku":"9780743267489","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5ed9796-fa15-4a31-8285-8e09ccf282dc.jpg?v=1734659161","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/q-a-9780743267489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}