by Vikas Swarup · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264045331
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«Les fabuleuses aventures d'un Indien malchanceux qui devint milliardaire» is the novel by Vikas Swarup, published by 10/18 in paperback.
Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter in Bombay, wins a television quiz show and the production suspects he cheated. To justify his victory, he recalls his life and shows how his adventures, from the streets of Bombay to Bollywood, unknowingly gave him the answers to every question.
Translation by Roxane Azimi of the English original «Q & A». The novel inspired the movie «Slumdog Millionaire»; it won the Boeke Prize in 2006.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in modern India and tragicomic stories of social ascent.
Vikas Swarup is an Indian writer and retired diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He authored the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.
