num_pages: 336
description: An exhilarating and propulsive debut novel from an emerging talenta fresh bitingly hilarious sweeping satire of modern-day India hailed as a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride by Kevin Kwan New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy and Sex and Vanity The first kidnapping wasnt my fault. The othersthose were definitely me.Brilliant yet poor Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his fathers tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elitea situation that becomes complicated when one of his clients the sweet but hapless eighteen-year-old Rudi Saxena places first in the All Indias the national university entrance exams thanks to him.Ramesh sees an opportunityperhaps even an obligationto cash in on Rudis newfound celebrity not knowing that Rudis role on a game show will lead to unexpected love followed by wild trouble when both young men are kidnapped. But Ramesh outwits the criminals whove abducted them turning the tables and becoming a kidnapper himself. As he leads Rudi through a maze of crimes both large and small their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity beauty and squalor moving from the bottom rungs to the circles inhabited by the ultra-rich and everywhere in between.A caper social satire and love story rolled into one How to Kidnap the Rich is a wild ride told by a mesmerizing new talent with an electric voice.
language: English
title: How to Kidnap the Rich
publisher: Harper Perennial