Product Description: Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested—for answering twelve questions correctly on TV’s Who Will Win a Billion? Ram has never gone to school and never read a newspaper. There is no way a poor orphan from Jimmy’s Bar could know the names of the planets or the plays of Shakespeare ...read more

"In life you never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. "A business empire worth ten billion dollars. This is the tantalizing offer made by Vinay Mohan Acharya, one of India's richest men, to Sapna Sinha, a simple salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi. She can be the next CEO of his incredibly huge and profitable company. There is only one catch--she needs to pass seven tests from the "textbook of life." Thus begins the most challenging journey Sapna has ever undertaken, one that will take her from her swanky showroom to the heat and dust of India's backstreets and villages. Along the way she encounters a host of memorable personalities, from a vain Bollywood superstar to a kleptomaniac Gandhian. But are the seven tests real or is Acharya playing a game driven by a perverse fantasy? Vikas Swarup, acclaimed author of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Six Suspects, " has written a compelling, suspenseful tale about the lure of money and the power of dreams. "The Accidental Apprentice "is international crime fiction at its most entertaining.

Sapna Sinha, an ordinary salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi, is approached by Vinay Mohan Acharya, a billionaire industrialist and one of India s richest men. He offers to make her CEO of his company. There is only one catch she must pass seven tests from the textbook of life. Thus begins the most challenging journey Sapna has ever undertaken one that will test her character, her courage, and her capabilities. Along the way she encounters a host of memorable personalities, from a vain Bollywood superstar to a kleptomaniac Gandhian. At stake is a business empire worth ten billion dollars and the future she has always dreamed of for herself and her family. But are the seven tests real, or is Acharya playing a game driven by a perverse fantasy? Vikas Swarup, acclaimed author of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Six Suspects," has written a compelling, suspenseful tale about the lure of money and the power of dreams. "The Accidental Apprentice "is international crime fiction at its most entertaining."

Product Description: When Ram Mohammed Thomas, an uneducated orphan from Asia’slargest slum, answers 12 questions to win a billion rupees on an Indian TV quizshow, he startles everyone—even himself. Framed for cheating by the show’sunscrupulous producers, Ram must defend himself in the course of spinning outthe tale of his extraordinary life...read more

Product Description: A small prison cell in India holds an eighteen-year-old penniless waiter from a Mumbai slum. But Ram Mohammad Thomas isnt a criminal. He is under arrest for correctly answering twelve tricky trivia questions on the show Who Will Win a Billion? Reluctant to part with the jackpot of one billion rupees, the shows directors bribe the police to arrest Ram, accusing him of cheatingfor how else could a poor, uneducated orphan know so much: the name of the smallest planet, global capitols, and diplomatic policy...read more

Product Description: From the author of the New York Times bestseller Slumdog Millionaire comes a richly textured social thriller. Seven years ago, Vivek "Vicky" Rai, the playboy son of the home minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered bartender Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi, simply because she refused to serve him a drink...read more

Product Description: When Ram Mohammed Thomas, an uneducated orphan from Asia’slargest slum, answers 12 questions to win a billion rupees on an Indian TV quizshow, he startles everyone—even himself. Framed for cheating by the show’sunscrupulous producers, Ram must defend himself in the course of spinning outthe tale of his extraordinary life...read more

Arrested for unbelievably answering all twelve questions on the Indian game show, 'Who Will Win a Billion?' semi-literate waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas explains to his lawyer how he knew the answers due to events in his personal life.

Arrested for unbelievably answering all twelve questions on the Indian game show, 'Who Will Win a Billion?' semi-literate waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas explains to his lawyer how he knew the answers due to events in his personal life.