Q & A (Audiobook)

from Cariola

I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't say how the book compares. A good but not great novel about an uneducated young man who is accused of cheating to win the Indian equivalent of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" because no one can believe that he would know so many answers otherwise. Swarup ...

from SamuelW

If Oliver Twist had been born in twenty-first-century India, his life might well have turned out something like this. Vikas Swarup's debut novel Q & A is a vibrant new take on the trials and adventures of a familiar heroic archetype - the penniless orphan - structured into an engrossing jumble of...

from TiffanyAK

This book is vastly different from the movie, and in a great way. The filmmakers used the basic premise, that of a poor Indian boy on a quiz show whose life experiences allow him to answer the questions, but drastically changed the characters and experiences. There are some parts of the book that...

from SamuelW

If Oliver Twist had been born in twenty-first-century India, his life might well have turned out something like this. Vikas Swarup's debut novel Q & A is a vibrant new take on the trials and adventures of a familiar heroic archetype - the penniless orphan - structured into an engrossing jumble of...

from Naisy

One of the best books I've read. This story of survival really opened my eyes to the living conditions in other parts of the world. For his first novel, Swarup's detail and description of the people and places in the book, is incredible. I would definitely read other works by him.