Q And A

Q And A by Vikas Swarup Vikas Swarups 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 Indias 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. Ram 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. Vikas Swarups Q & A is a beguiling 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.