ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London] Softcover 'A tightly written, fast-paced, often sharply savage societal satire. a rollicking read' Sunday Times 'An absolute riot - part thriller, part satire of contemporary urban India' Mail on Sunday 'Roars will brilliance, freshness and so much heart' Kevin Kwan 'Joyous' The Times If you're fat and Indian, you're rich; if you're fat and poor, you're lying. It's only the West where the rich are thin and vegan and moral. Ramesh Kumar grew up deprived and unloved, working on his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, brilliant but poor, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. 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, Ramesh sees an unmissable opportunity. Cashing in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, all goes well for both boys for a while. But Rudi's role on a game show leads the boys through a maze of crimes both large and small, and their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity, beauty and squalor. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2022]

ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Mrz 2022] Softcover Neuware -'Ramesh is a wonderfully vivid character and this is an explosively funny, surprisingly moving debut' Mail on SundayIf you're fat and Indian, you're rich; if you're fat and poor, you're lying. It's only the West where the rich are thin and vegan and moral.Ramesh Kumar grew up deprived and unloved, working on his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, brilliant but poor, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. 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, Ramesh sees an unmissable opportunity.Cashing in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, all goes well for both boys for a while. But Rudi's role on a game show leads the boys through a maze of crimes both large and small, and their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity, beauty, and squalor.
[Zwiesel, Germany] [Publication Year: 2022]
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ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Mrz 2022] Softcover Neuware -'Ramesh is a wonderfully vivid character and this is an explosively funny, surprisingly moving debut''Mail on SundayIf you're fat and Indian, you're rich; if you're fat and poor, you're lying. It's only the West where the rich are thin and vegan and moral.Ramesh Kumar grew up deprived and unloved, working on his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, brilliant but poor, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. 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, Ramesh sees an unmissable opportunity.Cashing in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, all goes well for both boys for a while. But Rudi's role on a game show leads to unexpected love, blackmail and, finally, a dangerous kidnapping.As Ramesh 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.Praise for How to Kidnap the Rich'A satire on modern India.this isn't a story about poverty, it's a story about wealth' Guardian'Conjures up a memorable world that is ghee-greased, polluted, mired in dust and ...
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ISBN10: 3036961569, ISBN13: 9783036961569, [publisher: Kein & Aber] Softcover +++ BESCHREIBUNG +++ »Da trifft Bollywood auf die heute show.« DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR Infotext: Charmant, lustig und wild - Rahul Raina erzählt die Geschichte des schlagfertigen und klugen Aufsteigers Ramesh. +++ ZUSTAND +++ Mängelexemplar - Artikelzustand Sehr gut: Hierbei handelt es sich um unbenutzte Bücher mit leichten Lager- und Transportschäden (angestoßenen Ecken, Kratzer auf dem Umschlag, Beschädigungen/Dellen am Buchschnitt oder ähnlichem) die nicht mehr als neuwertig gelten, sich ansonsten aber in tadellosem Zustand befinden. Diese Bücher sind mit einem Stempelaufdruck am unteren Buchschnitt als solche markiert. Sie waren nie in Privatbesitz und werden von Buchhändlern und Verlagen gesammelt. Diese Bücher kaufen wir dann palettenweise bei Verlagen und Großhändlern ein, was uns die günstigen Preise für Sie ermöglicht. Wir verkaufen keine Bücher mit fehlenden Seiten bzw. CDs! Alle Artikel werden von uns überprüft. Verschickt werden nur Artikel, die den Zuständen 'gut' bis 'sehr gut' entsprechen. Auch wir lieben Bücher und verkaufen nur Ware, die wir uns auch selbst ins Regal stellen würden. +++ LIEFERZEIT +++ Lieferzeit ca. 3-6 Werktage
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ISBN10: 3036961569, ISBN13: 9783036961569, [publisher: Kein & Aber Apr 2023] Softcover Neuware -Charmant, lustig und wild - Rahul Raina erzählt die Geschichte des schlagfertigen und klugen Aufsteigers Ramesh. In einer Welt, in der Korruption regiert und jeder sich der Nächste ist, muss man die Gegner mit ihren eigenen Waffen schlagen: mit Betrug, skrupellosem Charme und einer großen Portion Humor. »Bildungsberater« steht auf der Visitenkarte des jungen, gewitzten Aufsteigers Ramesh. Das klingt seriöser als »professioneller Prüfungsbetrüger«, denn er legt für Indiens reichste Teenager diverse Prüfungen ab. Skrupel Wozu Moral ist eine Erfindung des Westens! Über Nacht macht er seinen Klienten Rudi zum berühmtesten Mann Indiens, indem er bei den nationalen Uni-Aufnahmeprüfungen den ersten Platz belegt. Ausgelassen feiern die beiden zunächst das Luxus-Leben der Reichen und Schönen. Als sie jedoch den falschen Leuten auf die Füße treten, schlittern sie in eine rasante Hetzjagd von Kidnapping und Erpressungen. 382 pp. Deutsch
[Bergisch Gladbach, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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ISBN10: 3036961569, ISBN13: 9783036961569, [publisher: Kein + Aber Apr 2023] Softcover Neuware - Charmant, lustig und wild - Rahul Raina erzählt die Geschichte des schlagfertigen und klugen Aufsteigers Ramesh. In einer Welt, in der Korruption regiert und jeder sich der Nächste ist, muss man die Gegner mit ihren eigenen Waffen schlagen: mit Betrug, skrupellosem Charme und einer großen Portion Humor. »Bildungsberater« steht auf der Visitenkarte des jungen, gewitzten Aufsteigers Ramesh. Das klingt serià ser als »professioneller Prüfungsbetrüger«, denn er legt für Indiens reichste Teenager diverse Prüfungen ab. Skrupel Wozu Moral ist eine Erfindung des Westens! Über Nacht macht er seinen Klienten Rudi zum berühmtesten Mann Indiens, indem er bei den nationalen Uni-Aufnahmeprüfungen den ersten Platz belegt. Ausgelassen feiern die beiden zunächst das Luxus-Leben der Reichen und Schà nen. Als sie jedoch den falschen Leuten auf die Füße treten, schlittern sie in eine rasante Hetzjagd von Kidnapping und Erpressungen.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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ISBN10: 1408713330, ISBN13: 9781408713334, [publisher: Brown Little Mai 2021] Softcover Neuware -'How to Kidnap the Rich roars with brilliance, freshness and so much heart' KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich AsiansRamesh Kumar - examinations consultant - wakes up in a room he doesn't recognise. Next to him is spoilt brat Rudi, drunk and high on cocaine from another night of binging. Suddenly, two goons enter the room - they kidnap both boys and chop off Ramesh's pinky finger.Rudi is a star - he took a national entrance exam for further education and came top in the whole of India. Or at least everyone in the country thinks he did. He has his own television show 'Beat the Brain' where he is pitted against India's bright young hopes, vying to be clever and get rich.But behind the scenes of 'Beat the Brain', Ramesh, a chaiwallah's son from the streets of Delhi, feeds answers to Rudi through an earpiece. Because Ramesh isn't just an examination consultant, he takes exams on behalf of the children of wealthy people - parents who want their kids to go to Harvard, work at Google and live in America. He never intended to come top in the whole of India. He never meant to make stupid Rudi a star.When someone discovers their secret, blackmail, kidnap and extortion are followed by national disgrace. How did things get so out of hand Delhi has a dark side and it is closing in on Ramesh and Rudi, their fame, their cash and ...
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ISBN10: 1408713330, ISBN13: 9781408713334, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, London] Softcover Paperback. 'How to Kidnap the Rich roars with brilliance, freshness and so much heart' KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich AsiansRamesh Kumar - examinations consultant - wakes up in a room he doesn't recognise. Next to him is spoilt brat Rudi, drunk and high on cocaine from another night of binging. Suddenly, two goons enter the room - they kidnap both boys and chop off Ramesh's pinky finger.Rudi is a star - he took a national entrance exam for further education and came top in the whole of India. Or at least everyone in the country thinks he did. He has his own television show 'Beat the Brain' where he is pitted against India's bright young hopes, vying to be clever and get rich.But behind the scenes of 'Beat the Brain', Ramesh, a chaiwallah's son from the streets of Delhi, feeds answers to Rudi through an earpiece. Because Ramesh isn't just an examination consultant, he takes exams on behalf of the children of wealthy people - parents who want their kids to go to Harvard, work at Google and live in America. He never intended to come top in the whole of India. He never meant to make stupid Rudi a star.When someone discovers their secret, blackmail, kidnap and extortion are followed by national disgrace. How did things get so out of hand? Delhi has a dark side and it is closing in on Ramesh and Rudi, their fame, their ...
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ISBN10: 1408713349, ISBN13: 9781408713341, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, London] Hardcover Hardcover. 'This is an absolute riot - part thriller, part satire of contemporary urban India' Mail on Sunday'If you're fat and Indian, you're rich; if you're fat and poor, you're lying. It's only the West where the rich are thin and vegan and moral.Ramesh Kumar grew up deprived and unloved, working on his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, brilliant but poor, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. 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, Ramesh sees an unmissable opportunity. Cashing in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, all goes well for both boys for a while. But Rudi's role on a game show leads to unexpected love, blackmail and, finally, a dangerous kidnapping. As Ramesh 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.Praise for How to Kidnap the Rich'A satire on modern India.this isn't a story about poverty, it's a story about wealth' Guardian'Conjures up a memorable world that is ghee-greased, polluted, mired in dust and corruption' ...
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