{"product_id":"q-and-a","title":"Q and A","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy is a penniless waiter from Mumbai sitting in a prison cell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it because: a)he has punched a customer; b)he has drunk too much whisky; c)he has taken money from the till; or d)he is the biggest quiz-show winner in history? Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested. For answering twelve questions correctly on Who Will Win A Billion? Because a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school cannot know the name of the President of America, or the location of the Pyramids, or the plays of Shakespeare. Unless he has cheated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRescued from the police cell by a lawyer, Ram reviews television footage of his flawless performance and takes us on an amazing tour of his life – from the day he is salvaged from a dustbin, to his employment with a faded Bollywood star, to meeting a security-crazed Australian colonel, by way of a career as an over-creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal, to falling in love with Nita, a young prostitute. Passed from pillar to post for eighteen years, Ram’s instinct for strategy and survival is infallible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning a TV audience of millions, he draws on a store of street wisdom and trivia to provide him with the essential keys, not only to the quiz show, but to life itself. Set in modern India, Q\u0026amp;A is a beguiling blend of high comedy and touching melancholy. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle of good against evil, and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51371019665725,"sku":"055277250X","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9780552772501.jpg?v=1770756031","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/q-and-a","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}