by mojacar
@ Monday, Jun. 15, 2009 - 21:33:21
By Vikas Swarup. This is the book on which the film Slumdog Millionaire was based. I have not seen the film.
An interesting book, written in a completely different manner. As the Quiz show goes through the questions, there is a story linked to each question. It is almost like a series of short stories, as each is complete and unrelated to the next Chapter/question.
It is impressive in that it is a first book written by this Author (who is also a diplomat).
At the end of the book is a lot of detail about the auther, a reading/discussion guide and a list of web sites giving information about looking further into the issues involved.
Also a list of the questions answer correctly by the real winner of the Indian Quiz Show.
15/06/09 @ 22:16