How to Kidnap the RichAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Tuesday 1 June 2021
Description
A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described lower lower middle class 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster. New York Times Book Review
A fresh look at modern-day India hailed as "amonstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride" by Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy
The first kidnapping wasnt my fault. The othersthose were definitely me.
Brilliant yet poor, Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his fathers tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elitea situation that becomes complicated when one of his clients, the sweet but hapless eighteen-year-old Rudi Saxena, places first in the All Indias, the national university entrance exams, thanks to him.
Ramesh sees an opportunityperhaps even an obligationto cash in on Rudis newfound celebrity, not knowing that Rudis role on a game show will lead to unexpected love, followed by wild trouble when both young men are kidnapped.
But Ramesh outwits the criminals whove abducted them, turning the tables and becoming a kidnapper himself. As he leads Rudi through a maze of crimes both large and small, their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity, beauty, and squalor, moving from the bottom rungs to the circles inhabited by the ultra-rich and everywhere in between.
A caper, social satire, and love story rolled into one, How to Kidnap the Rich is a wild ride told by a mesmerizing new talent with an electric voice.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
31 Mar 2022
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
€10.52
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
06 May 2021
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
€16.37
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
06 May 2021
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
€17.54
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews