Kell Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Q&A Author: Vikas Swarup ISBN # 055277250X Publisher: Black Swan First Published: 2005 381 pages 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. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ah-ha! Here's the review. I'll just add my tuppence worth: As Kell says, this is a really good book, all the more interesting for being a fun book with a basically optimistic positive message; and yet it covers some pretty grim ground. There's a brutality and shockingness to the India that appears in the book, yet the book is one of luck and good fortune and "things turning right in the end". It's a bit Forrest Gump, which annoys me; and perhaps the overarching "everything turns out wonderful" side is irritating. But it's easy to read, it's actually fun, and I kept wanting to read the next chapter. The conceit is marvellous, too, as it allows the use of a fairly post-modern structure, flitting around with time, yet it's actually key to telling the story. The very end, after the last question has been answered, does seem very simplistic, though, and could perhaps have been left more vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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