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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' ...
ISBN10: 0063028786, ISBN13: 9780063028784, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. "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 ReviewA fresh look at modern-day India hailed as "a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride" by Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy The first kidnapping wasn't my fault. The others--those were definitely me.Brilliant yet poor, Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite--a 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 opportunity--perhaps even an obligation--to cash in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, not knowing that Rudi's 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 who've 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 ...
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 ...
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, London] Softcover Paperback. '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 ...
ISBN10: 1408713330, ISBN13: 9781408713334, [publisher: Little, Brown 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 ...
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 ...
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]
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]
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. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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]
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 ...
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Brown Book Group Little 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 ...
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Mär 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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