A former tiffin boy from M:rmbai, Ram MohammCd Thomas, has just got twelve question' correct on a TV quiz show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in a prison cell on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he has been _lIing a fastpne? In the order of the questions on the show, Ram tells us which amazing adventures in his street-kid life taught him the answers. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, and into the homes of Bollywood's rich and famous, Slumdog Millionaire is brimming with the chaotic comedy, heart-stopping tragedy, and tear-inducing joyfulness of modern India. 'This brilliant story, as colossal, vibrant and chaotic as India itself...is not to be missed' Observer,' A lively first novel. . . India is equally chaotic and enchanting' Sunday TImes.