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 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.Swarup's "Q and 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.
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《贫民窟的百万富翁》是印度作家维卡斯•斯瓦鲁普的长篇小说，能写出这样的小说让我对这位作家产生了极高的敬意。小说的整体构思非常巧妙，人物刻画生动，贴近社会现实。本篇小说主要讲述孤儿拉姆•穆罕默德•托马斯通过在电视竞赛节目中答对了十二道涉及天文、宗教、历...
评分这是目前为止我读过最棒的小说，读每个故事都像坐了一遍过山车，刺激疯狂着迷，结局更会让人意想不到，十分具有反转魅力。 现代的人们更讲求知识等于财富，这并不假但不够全面。这部小说以印度为背景生动地刻画了印度贫民窟底层人们的生活及遭遇。正是生活在这...
评分通常由小说改编的电影都不会太好看，但这部片子是个例外，在2者全部看过后我甚至更喜欢电影中的男主角~但并不意味着小说不好看！这是部很好的小说，内容也远比电影丰富的多，电影经过改编后很多情节都不一样了。小说中令我印象最深刻的是那句话：当主人公去找公寓管理员，请他...
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读起来很有快感的通俗小说。
评分结尾太做作，巧合太多，有点过。
评分电影和原著的差别挺大 倒是改编后电影更好看
评分比电影更印度。后期写得有点冗长，读起来犯困。第一次读完的英文原版书。
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