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Q & A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire)

By: Vikas Swarup
Narrated by: Christopher Simpson
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Publisher's summary

Adapted For The Film Slumdog Millionaire.

Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have accused him of cheating his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life - how he was adopted as a foundling orphan by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hit man; even fell in love - give him the crucial answers.

In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of modern India.

©2005 Vikas Swarup (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Cry and laugh

Christopher Simpson does a super job of narrating the simultaneously sad and happy plight of an illiterate Indian.

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Great

Beautifully read, a fascinating story. I didn't have any problems with the first and second part like the first reviewer. Highly recommended.

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Brilliant!

Three words describes this story - brilliant brilliant brilliant! I watched the movie many years ago and thought I was mesmerised then, but the book is beyond mesmerising!

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Loved the book, hated the narration.

The book is amazing. But the narration was terrible. The narrator mispronounces almost every Hindi word (and the book is full of them). Its almost painful at times. How difficult was it to find a bilingual narrator who could speak both Hindi & English fluently? I really don't understand why this narrator was chosen.. he completely ruined the book.

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just, marvellous

I loved everything about the book, from the beginning till the end. And the fact that the narrator had an Indian accent, made the whole listening-experinece more real!

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Sweet book

I enjoyed the narration. Enjoyed the story also but thought the ending was a little unbelievable. Overall, a letdown to what started off very promising. I’ve read better, read worse.

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Interesting Story

What did you love best about Q & A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire)?

I've never seen the movie but I found this to be a very emotional story.

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The culture is so different from mine


The author takes you to worlds that are amazing wonderful and
terrifying all at the same time well written kept my attention wondered what would come next

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Same concept - different story

The movie was clearly adapted to foreign audiences while the book is clearly Indian. The concept remains the same, but the story and questions are different, so it makes for a very nice variation from what most of the us saw on screen.

The performance is very good, so is the story.

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Loved this story, and recommend it strongly

Would you consider the audio edition of Q & A (filmed as Slumdog Millionaire) to be better than the print version?

Sorry, cannot comment.

Who was your favorite character and why?

This question doesn't really have relevance for this book, because it is only about one main character.

What about Christopher Simpson’s performance did you like?

Great. I loved it for the unpretentiousness of the voice. Realistic to the person he was depicting. And good range of accents between characters, so we could identify who was speaking in a dialogue.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh yes, many times. Many great quotes and one liners. Like

Any additional comments?

This was the best of the audiobooks I have listened to. The author has a wonderful sense of storytelling and found a great format for telling 12 really fantastic stories, then did beautiful work weaving them together. Thank you, sir, for the enjoyment I had listening to these stories of Indian life (even if a few might be a little fabricated).

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