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Author:

Raina, Rahul, author.

Title:

How to kidnap the rich : a novel / Rahul Raina.

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Publisher:

Harper Perenial,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

325 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations--Fiction.
Impostors and imposture--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Kidnapping victims--Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.
Testing--Fiction.
Cheating (Education)--Fiction.
Wealth--Fiction.
Fame--Fiction.
Rich people--Fiction.
India--Fiction.
Satirical literature.

Notes:

Also published in Great Britain in 2021 by Little, Brown.

Summary:

Meet Ramesh Kumar, "examinations consultat," who makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. He is just a cog in the wheel that keeps the middle classes thriving, until he takes India's national university entrance exam for a lackluster student and inadvertently comes in first. Ramesh sees an opportunity--perhaps even an obligation--to cash in on the newfound celebrity of his client Rudi, who's soon juggling stardom and his new job as the host of a quiz show. They young men's meteoric rise brings material wealth and romantic intrigue, until they're both kidnapped and held for ransom. But the way out of their predicament will lead Ramesh and Rudi through a maze of crimes both large and small, their dizzying journey revealing a modern India in all its complexity, squalor, and beauty.

ISBN:

9780063028784
0063028786

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1243349523

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)