导语

  

    Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested. Because how can a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school correctly answer all twelve queslions on the television game show Who Will Win a Bon?--unlnss he has cheated?
    As the story unfolds, Ram explains to his lawyer how he knew the answer to each question by telling a chapter of his amazing life—from the day he was salvaged from a dustbin to his meeting with a secority-crozed Australian army colonel while performing as an overly croative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Stunniag a television audience of mil-lions, Ram drawson a store of sweet wisdom and accidental encounters that provides him with the essenlial keys not only to the quiz show but also to life itself……

内容提要

  

    is an Indian diplomat who is presently serving in South Africa. His debut novel, Slumdog Millionaire, originally published as Q & A, has been translated into thirty-four languages and adapted into a major motion picture.

Prologue
1,000 Rupees
The Death of a Hero
2,000 Rupees
The Burden of a Priest
5,000 Rupees
A Brother's Promise
10,000 Rupees
A Thought for the Crippled
50,000 Rupees
How to Speak Australian
100,000 Rupees
Hold On to Your Buttons
200,000 Rupees
Murder on the Western Express
500,000 Rupees
A Soldier's Tale
1,000,000 Rupees
License to Kill
10,000,000 Rupees
Tragedy Queen
100,000,000 Rupees
X Gkrz Opknu (or A Love Story)
1,000,000,000 Rupees
The Thirteenth Question
Epilogue