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2009 Books
Mar. 15th, 2009 12:48 am6. Q&A by Vikas Swarup (aka Slumdog Millionaire).
I very much liked this book. I haven't seen the movie yet and i can see where it would be quite good though probably grim at times. The life of the 18 year old Ram Muhammed Thomas was not a pretty one. The quiz show that he'd won thought he must have cheated, mainly to get out of paying because they weren't in a financial position to pay out yet as it was a new show. How could an unschooled poor waiter answer 12 difficult questions? He describes various parts of his life, stories about things that happened to him and people he met and the circumstances of the stories resulted in him knowing things that allowed him coincidentally to answer each of the tv quiz show questions correctly. The book shows a life that alternates between the depths of despair and of hope and luck. The book seems to have lived up to the hype. Can't say about the movie. Hyped movies in my experience rarely do but as this one isn't a Hollywood made movie, it just might.
I very much liked this book. I haven't seen the movie yet and i can see where it would be quite good though probably grim at times. The life of the 18 year old Ram Muhammed Thomas was not a pretty one. The quiz show that he'd won thought he must have cheated, mainly to get out of paying because they weren't in a financial position to pay out yet as it was a new show. How could an unschooled poor waiter answer 12 difficult questions? He describes various parts of his life, stories about things that happened to him and people he met and the circumstances of the stories resulted in him knowing things that allowed him coincidentally to answer each of the tv quiz show questions correctly. The book shows a life that alternates between the depths of despair and of hope and luck. The book seems to have lived up to the hype. Can't say about the movie. Hyped movies in my experience rarely do but as this one isn't a Hollywood made movie, it just might.
