Content:
A poor, uneducated waiter, Ram is arrested after the final episode in the belief that he must have cheated. In jail he shares his hardscrabble life with his lawyer: his abandonment at birth in a used clothing bin, the church orphanage where he was dubbed an "idiot orphan boy," the foster home where children were purposely crippled and forced to beg, the estate of an Australian diplomat who was really a spy, the home of an aging Bollywood actress, and his meager waiter job. Each chapter in Ram's life provided him with a correct answer on the show, as a la Forrest Gump, he has been in the right place at the right time. Ram's funny and poignant odyssey explores the causes of good and evil and illustrates how, with a little luck, the best man sometimes wins.


This book was one of my suggestions for the september Bookies evening in Leipzig and it was chosen as worth reading.
I havn´t seen the movie so far, but I really loved the book: it is absolutely entertaining.
I esp. enjoyed the style of the book: It is switching back and forth in Ram´s life, so you get to meet a lot of characters along the book, whose faiths are connected with each other. In each chapter you are curios to know what will be the next question in the quiz, where will this story leads to.

Here are some questions of the Bookies Club for you to discuss:

? Do you agree with the writer that the quiz competition is not about intelligence but how much you can recollect from experience ?

? Have you seen an Indian film before? Does the writer portray the actors and theme for the films properly ?

? Were you able to keep up with all the characters in this story and how they relate to one another? Was it skilful of the writer to put it all together ?

? What kind of personality do you think Ram had? Was he just lucky or …? Was it just coincidence ?

[Ring]-participants:

1) Qantaqa --> needs some time for finishing

The book arrived safely. Thanks a lot for sharing. I'll try not to take too long.

I'm very sorry - I read this book ages ago, but then I must have completely forgotten about it. I'll send you a PM and then the book will travel home immediately. Sorry again!

I quite enjoyed the story - though I guess this was one of the few times I like the film better than the book (which are quite different from each other in this case).

The book is here with me now.. taken from qantaqa's "I need more space box"..
I'm a bit at a loss here.. does susiuni want it back?

This will be soon on its way to a new home in the UK -

happy travelling
happy reading
and
happy New Year!

The book arrived safely in West Yorkshire today. I am looking forward to reading it and seeing how it compares/differs from the film. Thank you Kiki66!

Hard to tell if I would have read the book if I hadn't seen and enjoyed the film. Having said that I liked the book much better.

The book is very different and bears only a passing resemblance to the movie, the book being a fantastic idea on which to hang the film.

Time to find a new reader.

Taking to meet up in Leeds on Sunday.

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This is one of the books I brought home from the lovely meeting of lovely BookCrossers in Leeds this sunny lunchtime! I don't cope too well with reading about discrimination, abuse and bullying, so I don't know whether I'll manage to read it through to the end - but I'll give it a go . . . .

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