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Description
Vikas Swarup's spectacular 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... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Ram Thomas: An orphaned, uneducated young waiter. Prior to the start of the novel, Ram has correctly answered 12 questions on the fictional game show Who Will Win a a Billion? and has won a billion rupees (about $22 million). However, show host Prem Kumar and the producers, who do not have the money to pay him, have had him arrested for cheating by the police; they had cast Ram because they figured an uneducated street lad would not be able to answer more than a few questions at most, and they find the police more than willing to believe them
- Salim: Ram's best friend.
- Prem Kumar: Show host of Who Will Win a Billion?
Memorable Quotes
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“Unheralded we came into this world. Unheralded we will go out. But while we are in this world, we do such deeds that even the next generation cannot forget.”
Balwant Singh
First Sentence
THE THIRD BELL HAS SOUNDED.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Vikas Swarup (Author)
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