Slumdog Millionaire

本商品為電影封面版，原著書名：Q & A

這是十二道真正的難題，
但他沒有退縮的餘地！
因為，一切的夢想與未來，
都可能隨著錯誤的回答而瞬間消逝……

生命中永遠充滿了難題，
而一切關於勇氣、智慧與真愛的解答，
就在這一連串的驚奇與冒險中……

　　全球最受歡迎的益智問答節目『W3B』在孟買正式開錄！參賽者只要答對十二道問題，就能獲得高達十億盧比的巨額獎金！但這十二道從天文到歷史的難題可不是憑運氣就能答對的，按照製作單位的計劃，贏家至少要八個月後才能產生。

　　不料，在這一晚的錄影中，十八歲的羅摩．穆罕默德．湯瑪士，一個沒受過什麼教育、居住在亞洲最大貧民窟裡的無名小子，竟然正確無誤地回答出所有的題目，成為電視益智節目史上最高獎金的得主！

　　就在眾人驚愕之際，心有不甘的節目製作人一口咬定羅摩作弊，並串通警察將羅摩押走。在嚴刑逼供之下，眼看羅摩就要被迫簽下認罪書放棄巨額獎金，所幸一位神秘女律師出面暫時解救了羅摩！但要幫助羅摩辯護，女律師要求羅摩必須老老實實的交代為何能答出十二道問題的原因。於是，羅摩開始娓娓道出自己不可思議的遭遇，而命運的謎題才正要登場……

　　羅摩的故事就彷彿是一場跌宕起伏、精采曲折的『公路電影』，當我們隨著善良的羅摩展開這趟旅程，不但嚐盡了人性的陰暗與溫暖，也一起經歷了諸如友誼、初戀、親情、絕望、孤獨、背叛等種種人生的滋味，更看到了重生的希望和未來的夢想。作者史瓦盧普以魔術師般的文字幻術，讓我們看得目眩神迷、無法自拔！

　　Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve 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.

　　Ram takes us on an amazing review of his own history -- from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal.

　　Swarup's Q & A is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know -- not just about trivia, but about life itself. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil -- and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive.