Vikas Swarup

Arrested for unbelievably answering all twelve questions on the Indian game show "Who Will Win a Billion?" semi-literate waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas explains to his lawyer how he knew the answer to each question due to events in his personal life, from a past meeting with a zealous Australian army colonel to his tour guide job at the Taj Mahal. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A Novel

Q & A

There's a caste system even in murder. Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police search each and every guest. Six of them are discovered with guns in their possession. In this elaborate murder mystery we join Arun Advani, India's best-known investigative journalist, as the lives of these six suspects unravel before our eyes: a corrupt bureaucrat; an American tourist; a stone-age tribesman; a Bollywood sex symbol; a mobile phone thief; and an ambitious politician. Each is equally likely to have pulled the trigger. Inspired by actual events, Vikas Swarup's eagerly awaited second novel is both a riveting page turner and an insightful peek into the heart and soul of contemporary India.

Six Suspects

"Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammed Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life - how he was found in a dustbin by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hitman; even fell in love - give him the crucial answes. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of modern India."

Slumdog Millionaire

A blend of humour, drama, romance and social realism.

Le dodici domande

As heard on BBC Woman's Hour From the author of the book behind the blockbuster movie Slumdog Millionaire, a brilliant novel about life changing in an instant. In life you never get what you deserve: you get what you negotiate… What would you do if, out of the blue, a billionaire industrialist decided to make you the CEO of his company? No prior business experience necessary. There is only one catch: you need to pass seven tests from the 'textbook of life'. This is the offer made to Sapna Sinha, an ordinary salesgirl in an electronics boutique in downtown Delhi, by Vinay Mohan Acharya, one of India's richest men. Thus begins the most challenging journey of Sapna's life, one that will test her character, her courage and her capabilities. Along the way she encounters a host of memorable personalities, from a vain Bollywood superstar to a kleptomaniac Gandhian. At stake is a business empire worth ten billion dollars, and the future she has always dreamt of. But are the seven tests for real or is Acharya playing a deeper game, one driven by a perverse fantasy? From the acclaimed author of Slumdog Millionaire, one of the biggest films of the decade, comes this compelling, suspenseful tale of the power of dreams, the lure of money and the universal need to know who we are. Praise for The Accidental Apprentice: 'It's easy to forget that before it was retitled for Hollywood, Slumdog Millionaire was a novel called Q&A, which makes its author, Vikas Swarup, probably the most successful Indian author you've never heard of…. Gripping stuff… Perhaps The Accidental Apprentice is awaiting its Danny Boyle' The Times Praise for Q&A/Slumdog Millionaire 'A colourful portrait of Indian society is painted with remarkable lightness and wit' Sunday Telegraph 'Absorbing and richly entertaining reading' The Times

The Accidental Apprentice

Quand le jeune Ram Mohammad Thomas devient le grand vainqueur de " Qui veut gagner un milliard de roupies ? ", la production soupçonne immédiatement une tricherie. Comment un serveur de dix-huit ans, pauvre et inculte, serait-il assez malin pour répondre à treize questions pernicieuses ? Accusé d'escroquerie, sommé de s'expliquer, Thomas replonge alors dans l'histoire de sa vie... Car ces réponses, il ne les a pas apprises dans les livres, mais au hasard de ses aventures mouvementées ! Du prêtre louche qui laisse trop volontiers venir à lui les petits enfants à la capricieuse diva de Bollywood, des jeunes mendiants des bidonvilles de Bombay aux touristes fortunés du Taj Mahal, au fil de ses rencontres, le jeune homme va apprendre que la fortune sourit aux audacieux...

Les fabuleuses aventures d'un Indien malchanceux qui devint milliardaire

Triệu phú khu ổ chuột

Quem Quer Ser Bilionário?

PAULO HENRIQUES BRITTO

Ram Mohammad Thomas é um garçom de dezoito anos que ganhou um bilhão de rupias - o maior prêmio de todos os tempos - em um programa televisivo de perguntas e respostas. Os organizadores do concurso, inadimplentes, se recusam a pagar o prêmio. Alegam que um garoto inculto como Ram não poderia conhecer as respostas, e o entregam à polícia para que ele seja torturado e confesse a fraude. Salvo por uma advogada, Ram terá de contar a ela a história de sua vida. Cada episódio explica como ele ficou sabendo coisas como o significado da inscrição 'INRI', que aparece nos crucifixos, e qual a maior condecoração por bravura concedida pelas forças armadas indianas. Unificadas pela presença do protagonista, herói picaresco que sempre acaba se saindo bem, graças a uma combinação de esperteza e sorte, as narrativas são ora cômicas, ora trágicas e apresentam um rico panorama da Índia contemporânea, onde passado e presente, miséria e opulência, religiosidade e comercialismo, ternura e violência se misturam.

Sua resposta vale um bilhão

¿Quiere ser millonario?

A Reader. Textheft

Slumdog Millionaire. Schwerpunktthema Abitur Englisch

The basis for The Great Indian Murder, now a streaming series! There's a caste system--even in murder From the author of the international bestseller Slumdog Millionaire comes a richly-textured tale of murder, corruption, and opportunity. Seven years ago, Vivek "Vicky" Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered bartender Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi, simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai has been killed at the party he was throwing to celebrate his acquittal. The police recover six guests with guns in their possession: a corrupt bureaucrat who claims to have become Mahatma Gandhi overnight; an American tourist infatuated with an Indian actress; a stone-age tribesman on a quest to recover a sacred stone; a Bollywood sex-symbol with a guilty secret; a mobile-phone thief who dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low. Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects, offering both a riveting page-turner and an insightful peek into the heart of contemporary India. Audaciously and astutely plotted, with a panoramic imaginative sweep, Six Suspects is the work of a master storyteller.

Hva ville du ha gjort hvis en styrtrik industrimagnat plutselig bestemte seg for å gjøre deg til administrerende direktør i selskapet sitt? Tidligere erfaring ikke nødvendig. Det er bare én hake: Du må bestå sju tester fra «livets ABC». Dette tilbudet får Sapna Sinha, en helt vanlig ekspeditrise i Dehli, av Vinay Mohan Acharya, en av Indias rikeste menn. Vikas Swarup ble født i Allahabad i India og har studert historie, psykologi og filosofi. Siden 1986 har han arbeidet for den indiske utenrikstjenesten, og er nå stasjonert i New Dehli, der han arbeider i utenriksdepartementet.

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李儀芳

Chinese edition of Six suspects by Vikas Swarup, the author of Q & A adapted for the big Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire. In Traditional Chinese.

六個嫌疑犯

Vicky Rai, un joven empresario y playboy, hijo del poderoso ministro del Interior de Uttar Pradesh, da una fiesta para celebrar que la justicia le ha absuelto de un asesinato cometido hace ya siete años. Pero poco antes de la media noche, el asesino es asesinado. Los seis sospechosos tienen un arma y un motivo. La policía parece dispuesta a actuar, pero el verdadero detective será Arun Advani, un periodista que cambiará el rumbo de la investigación oficial. Y que nos mostrará las novelescas vidas de los sospechosos: una estrella de Bollywood, un funcionario corrupto, un gañán de la América profunda, un inteligente ladrón, un chico de un pueblo, y el padre del asesinado, que amaba a su hijo pero quiere con mucha mayor intensidad ser primer ministro... «Fascinante, con una atmósfera muy peculiar y unos personajes y un argumento irresistibles. Será muy popular entre los lectores de novelas policíacas, pero también entre la legión de devotos de Slumdog Millonaire» (Booklist); «Una novela original, ingeniosa, extravagante, con una trama que nos atrapa desde la primera página, una sátira muy informativa sobre la política y los valores de la India actual» (The Times).

Seis sospechosos

Omdat ze weigert hem na sluitingstijd een drankje te geven vermoordt Vicky Rai, playboy en zoon van de minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, de serveerster Ruby Gill. Hij kent de juiste mensen en wordt vrijgesproken. Maar op het feestje dat hij geeft om zijn vrijspraak te vieren wordt hij zelf neergeschoten. Wanneer de politie de gasten fouilleert, treft ze bij zes mensen een pistool aan. Deze verdachten blijken allemaal een motief te hebben. De onderzoeksjournalist Arun Advani maakt het tot zijn missie uit te zoeken wie de moordenaar is. Vikas Swarup schetst in zijn langverwachte tweede roman een intrigerend beeld van de hedendaagse standenmaatschappij in India en van onze door corruptie, machtsmisbruik en celebrityverering gekenmerkte wereld. Zes verdachten is een onvervalste pageturner, het werk van een meesterverteller.

Zes verdachten

Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of India.

Q and A

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a poor, eighteen-year-old waiter in Mumbai called Ram Mohammad Thomas. Ram goes on a television quiz show, and he answers all the questions correctly. But the people who work on the programme think that he has cheated, so Ram must explain how he knew the answers.

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