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Scholastic Young Hippo. Good. 5.08 x 0.39 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. Date: 1995. 140 pages. Cover worn<br>Adventure in which The Outfit must save Jillo, who has been kidnapped and the 'green' wind machine, which is at the centre of the problem. . 1995. Scholastic Young Hippo ISBN 059055798x 9780590557986 [NZ]
ISBN10: 0006743757, ISBN13: 9780006743750, [publisher: Young Lions 12/11/1992] Softcover This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . [Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1992]
[publisher: Collins, England] Hardcover Excellent copy in an unclipped jacket . Frontis present. Where possible small books will have postage reduced [Forrestfield, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1961]
[publisher: COLLINS REPRINT 1961] Hardcover HB RED BOARDS VERY GOOD PP192 DW CHIPPED ALONG EDGES VERY GOOD 8V0 Dr. Wodz is kidnapped and Red steps in [Woollahra, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1961]
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2014 Hardcover Very good A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
ISBN10: 140885175X, ISBN13: 9781408851753, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, London] Hardcover First Edition VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Kidnap in Crete by Rick Stroud. The true story of the abduction of a Nazi General. Author: Rick Stroud Publisher: Bloomsbury. London Year Published: 2014 Edition: 1st Edition Dimensions: 24cm x 16cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 9781408851753 Notes: SKU: VSS / 211 / G / 4556 / 3457 / C Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rubbing, wear, handling marks, marks. Book condition: Good. Handling marks, marks. Binding: Intact Pages: 288 pages [Hinckley, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 0333419383, ISBN13: 9780333419380, [publisher: Macmillan P] Softcover Broché In-8 228p Expédition protégée et sécurisée par Mondial Relay ou par défaut par la Poste Ecrit en anglais [lignan de bordeaux, France] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 1445663449, ISBN13: 9781445663449, [publisher: Amberley Publishing] Hardcover Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. [Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2017]
Amberley Publishing, Date: 15/01/2017 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. 4.5965 in x 23.5821 in x 16.5874 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Amberley Publishing ISBN 1445663449 9781445663449 [GB]
ISBN10: 3036961569, ISBN13: 9783036961569, [publisher: Kein & Aber] 402 S. MÄNGELEXEMPLAR: UNGELESEN und VOLLSTÄNDIG, aber mit leichten äußeren LAGER-/TRANSPORTSPUREN. Mit einem STEMPEL im BUCHSCHNITT als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet. Sofort versandfertig! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 352 [Münster, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Abacus] Softcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Abacus] Softcover Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. [Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Abacus] Softcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Little, Brown Book Group] Softcover A brilliant 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 trilogyA brilliant look at modern-day India hailed as a monstrously funny and . [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Abacus] Softcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. [Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 1408713349, ISBN13: 9781408713341, [publisher: Little, Brown] Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom]
ISBN10: 0349144370, ISBN13: 9780349144375, [publisher: Abacus] Softcover Sun Damage to edge of Pages. No.1 BESTSELLERS - great prices, friendly customer service â" all orders are dispatched next working day. [Hereford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 1408713349, ISBN13: 9781408713341, [publisher: Little, Brown] Softcover 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: 2021]
ISBN10: 1408713330, ISBN13: 9781408713334, [publisher: Little, Brown] Softcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Minor shelf wear [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom]
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 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 ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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] Softcover Gebraucht - Sehr gut Leichte Lagerspuren -'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, ...
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: 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: 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: 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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