Vikas Swarup

Slumdog Millionaire Vikas Swarup Movie Tie-in, Unabridged edition

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?