Q & a

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  A brilliant book. Holds together much better than the film, and the characters are more believable. Stylishly written, and with the changes in time it is challenging and fun.

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  adreamine said on Mar 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Who Will Win A Billion?

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  The book is different from the film. The idea is the same, some characters also but quiz questions, the life story and conditions of the upbringing Ram Mohammad Thomas are different.

  The book is written as stand alone chapters in which Ram tells his lawyer the story of the p ... (continue)

  From my Amazon review
  
  The book is different from the film. The idea is the same, some characters also but quiz questions, the life story and conditions of the upbringing Ram Mohammad Thomas are different.

  The book is written as stand alone chapters in which Ram tells his lawyer the story of the part of his life that has given him the answer to the question in the quiz show.
  Little by little you are fed information and can piece his life story together.
  Only at the last question do we learn the real reason of his going onto W3B ( not the reason of the film !)
  As you learn more of this kind-hearted character, his tribulations and what he has done during his life you feel that he is worthy of winning all that money.
  I actually preferred Ram as he was depicted in the book than in the film.

  The story is of course written in simple language as it is narrated by Ram, who has had very little education.
  I found Q& A an easy, captivating read and finished it in one day, well written as you "live" each chapter through the eyes of the character.
  Highly recommended even if you have seen the film.

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  Allybally said on Jan 20, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  This book really reminds me of my trip in India.

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  yenliang said on Jun 23, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  If you read it after seeing the movie

  ... as usual the result will be disappointing. But for the book this time !! Although the book is nice and very easy to read, the movie is much better (and the plot is very different as well)

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  Laura A said on Feb 19, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  Probabily one of the very few cases in which I prefered the film over the book. I loved the structure of the plot but the author provides far too many minor details that make the story really boring sometime.

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  Minugia said on Sep 4, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  much much wonderful than the film -- slumdo, it's total different content with the movie , i like this book very much and start to read Vikas Swarup's next fiction ...

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  Finejenny said on Jul 25, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 0006395171
• ISBN-13: 9780006395171
• Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Cdn Adult Tp
• Pub date: Apr 12, 2006
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