Slumdog Millionaire

A FORMER TIFFIN BOY FROM M: RMBAI, RAM MOHAMMCD THOMAS, HAS JUST GOT TWELVE QUESTION CORRECT ON A TV QUIZ SHOW TO WIN A COOL ONE BILLION RUPEES. BUT HE IS BRUTALLY SLUNG IN A PRISON CELL ON SUSPICION OF CHEATING. BECAUSE HOW CAN A KID FROM THE SLUMS KNOW WHO SHAKESPEARE WAS, UNLESS HE HAS BEEN _LIING A FASTPNE? IN THE ORDER OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE SHOW, RAM TELLS US WHICH AMAZING ADVENTURES IN HIS STREET-KID LIFE TAUGHT HIM THE ANSWERS. FROM ORPHANAGES TO BROTHELS, GANGSTERS TO BEGGAR-MASTERS, AND INTO THE HOMES OF BOLLYWOOD S RICH AND FAMOUS, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IS BRIMMING WITH THE CHAOTIC COMEDY, HEART-STOPPING TRAGEDY, AND TEAR-INDUCING JOYFULNESS OF MODERN INDIA. "THIS BRILLIANT STORY, AS COLOSSAL, VIBRANT AND CHAOTIC AS INDIA ITSELF...IS NOT TO BE MISSED OBSERVER, A LIVELY FIRST NOVEL. . . INDIA IS EQUALLY CHAOTIC AND ENCHANTING SUNDAY TIME