The Accidental Apprentice

Swarup, Vikas

ISBN 10: 148300077X ISBN 13: 9781483000770

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2014

Synopsis

Sapna Sinha, an ordinary salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi, is approached by Vinay Mohan Acharya, a billionaire industrialist and one of India s richest men. He offers to make her CEO of his company. There is only one catch she must pass seven tests from the textbook of life. Thus begins the most challenging journey Sapna has ever undertaken one that will test her character, her courage, and her capabilities. Along the way she encounters a host of memorable personalities, from a vain Bollywood superstar to a kleptomaniac Gandhian. At stake is a business empire worth ten billion dollars and the future she has always dreamed of for herself and her family. But are the seven tests real, or is Acharya playing a game driven by a perverse fantasy? Vikas Swarup, acclaimed author of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Six Suspects," has written a compelling, suspenseful tale about the lure of money and the power of dreams. "The Accidental Apprentice "is international crime fiction at its most entertaining."

About this title

Product Description:

Approached by a billionaire industrialist who offers her a CEO job if she can pass seven tests from his "textbook of life," an everyday salesgirl finds her character and courage tested by a host of memorable personalities. By the best-selling author of Slumdog Millionaire. Simultaneous.

Review:

""Slumdog Millionaire "author Swarup is a skilled storyteller who doesn't hesitate to take on some of the most troublesome issues of his native land--corruption, caste, color, tradition--as he also captures and celebrates its sights and sounds in this fast-moving mystery."--"Booklist

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"Swarup ("Six Suspects", 2009, etc.) intrigues and mystifies...A thought-provoking dissection of a modern India."--"Kirkus Reviews

""Swarup's voice has a magical quality--an essential kindness, a likeability . . . Like the Bollywood dance at the end of "Slumdog Millionaire, " it is oddly uplifting and joyful." --"The Sunday Times" (UK)

"Gets off to an exciting start and ends with a spectacular twist." --"Mail on Sunday" (UK)

"A complex, challenging, and deeply moving tale of following our dreams until they come true." --"Press Association" (UK)

"Swarup's prose is crisp. . . . A thrilling chase."--Paul Dunn, "The Times" (UK)

"Swarup (Six Suspects") puts a distinctively Indian spin on this thoroughly enjoyable crime novel with a scenario that will remind many of The Hunger Games"."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)

""Slumdog Millionaire "author Swarup is a skilled storyteller who doesn't hesitate to take on some of the most troublesome issues of his native land--corruption, caste, color, tradition--as he also captures and celebrates its sights and sounds in this fast-moving mystery."--"Booklist

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"Swarup ("Six Suspects", 2009, etc.) intrigues and mystifies...A thought-provoking dissection of a modern India."--"Kirkus Reviews

""Swarup's voice has a magical quality--an essential kindness, a likeability . . . Like the Bollywood dance at the end of "Slumdog Millionaire, " it is oddly uplifting and joyful." --"The Sunday Times" (UK)

"Gets off to an exciting start and ends with a spectacular twist." --"Mail on Sunday" (UK)

"A complex, challenging, and deeply moving tale of following our dreams until they come true." --"Press Association" (UK)

"Swarup's prose is crisp. . . . A thrilling chase."--Paul Dunn, "The Times" (UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 148300077X
• ISBN 13: 9781483000770
• Binding: Audio CD