{"product_id":"9780349144375","title":"How to Kidnap the Rich","description":"Author: Rahul Raina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349144375\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Jul 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ramesh is a wonderfully vivid character and this is an explosively funny, surprisingly moving debut''\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf 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...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRamesh 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCashing 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHow to Kidnap the Rich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A satire on modern India...this isn't a story about poverty, it's a story about wealth' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Conjures up a memorable world that is ghee-greased, polluted, mired in dust and corruption' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Like Mohsin Hamid's \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Kidnap the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRich\u003c\/i\u003e purports to be a how-to manual but is in fact a rollicking urban adventure and a biting satire of inequality' \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482586206366,"sku":"ADS-9780349144375","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349144375.jpg?v=1770350845","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349144375","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}