Vikas Swarup

The Accidental Apprentice Vikas Swarup

Sapna Sinha, an ordinary salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi, is approached by Vinay Mohan Acharya, a billionaire industrialist and one of Indias richest men. He offers to make her CEO of his company. There is only one catchshe must pass seven tests from the textbook of life. Thus begins the most challenging journey Sapna has ever undertakenone 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?