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Slumdog Millionaire

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

Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel, the inspiration for the award-winning film, opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all 12 questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion?

It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales, Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of modern India.

Hear the whole story behind the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire!

©2005 Vikas Swarup (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks America

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Better than the movie!

Where does Slumdog Millionaire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In the top 5 out of approximately 40!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Slumdog Millionaire?

When I realized that he wasn't making anything up!

Which scene was your favorite?

When he won the contest!

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

It made me cry.

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Best Book Ever

I absolutely loved this book. I had to read it for summer schools and i don't regret a single thing.

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Entertaining and Engrossing

Make sure you have time on your hands because you won’t want to stop listening to this book. The story itself is absolutely wonderful but the performance is excellent too. Enjoy!

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Great story

It’s true not all the accents are perfect but the story is so good in and of itself, and it is generally well told. Well worth a listen.

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Amazing story!

What a book! I did not know what to expect when I started but from the first moment I knew I was hooked! Excellent book! Sad, funny, uplifting!

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Compelling story with amazing narrator

The story depicts unimaginable suffering and cruelty but somehow is still uplifting due to the innate kindness of the main character. The author shows pieces of the main character’s life and cleverly links them to quiz show questions, and the narrator expertly brings all the different characters to life. I found it very compelling.

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Surprisingly well written and narrarated

I have seen the movie. This was on a book club list. I am so glad I listened to this. The story is both heartbreaking and uplifting. (Similar to Angela's Ashes in terms of Character driven). Narrator was great!

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Nothing Like the Movie

Nothing like the movie in the sense that the story doesn't follow the same line through telling the story -- at least not focusing so much on the game show theatrics like the movie.
This is a sad but triumphant tale, and it was amazing how the story progressed and how the life of the main character seemed to develop. Actually, I enjoyed this story a lot, but I expected it to be more like the movie, and it wasn't. I thought it was much better.

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Wonderful story. Puts the movie to shame

The book was so much better than the movie. What a wonderful story. I will listen to this one again.

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Great book. Not much like the movie

The screen play was very different from the book. The overall premise (the main character on a trivia game show, then arrested and accused of cheating) was the same, but even the character’s names are different in the book. I really enjoyed this story. I plan to check out more from Vikas Swarup.

The narrator is FANTASTIC. I would actually buy a book by an author I knew nothing about, simply because it was narrated by Christopher Simpson, so the vocal performance would be excellent.

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