description: A former tiffinboy from Mumbai, Ram Mohammad Thomas, has just got twelve questions 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 pulling a fast one?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.
language: English
title: Q and A
titlecomplete: Q and A (Slumdog Millionaire)
characters: Ram Mohammad Thomas
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, Asia, Drama, India, Romance, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 34990
places: India, Mumbai
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
publisher: Doubleday