- “An
- impressive
- debut.”–Publishers
- Weekly
***International
- Book
- Awards
- Finalist
- —
- Best
- New
- Fiction*********They
- said
- you
- can’t
- take
- your
- money
- with
- you
- when
- you
- die.What
- if
- they
- were
- wrong?
- Srinath
- Adiga’s
- timely
- satire
- explores
- the
- pitfalls
- of
- modern
- capitalism
- and
- the
- dangerous
- power
- of
- myth.**Hong
- Kong,
- 2002.
- A
- stock
- market
- trader
- desperate
- to
- pay
- off
- a
- gangster
- debt
- invents
- a
- scam:
- Afterlife
- Dollars.
- A
- product
- inspired
- by
- an
- ancient
- Chinese
- custom
- that
- allows
- people
- to
- buy
- their
- way
- into
- heaven.It’s
- the
- beginning
- of
- a
- dizzying
- chain
- reaction
- that
- ripples
- in
- Mumbai,
- where
- one
- man
- does
- the
- unthinkable
- to
- secure
- his
- afterlife—while
- thousands
- of
- miles
- away
- in
- Amsterdam,
- another
- man
- races
- against
- time
- to
- stop
- an
- apocalypse.
- As
- a
- cast
- of
- larger-than-life
- characters
- grapple
- with
- unprecedented
- moral
- dilemmas,
- their
- choices
- will
- affect
- the
- rest
- of
- humanity.Profound,
- exhilarating
- and
- full
- of
- unexpected
- twists,
- Dead
- Money
- balances
- intelligence
- and
- dark
- humour
- with
- compassion,
- empathy
- and
- hope.
- Its
- cleverness
- lies
- in
- its
- ability
- to
- convince
- us
- that
- the
- impossible
- can
- happen—a
- compelling,
- thought-provoking
- read
- at
- a
- time
- when
- the
- world
- stares
- at
- an
- uncertain
- future.“A
- memorable
- premise
- lifts
- Adiga’s
- impressive
- debut.
- Adiga
- makes
- the
- central
- conceit
- work
- as
- he
- effectively
- sends
- up
- the
- tendency
- of
- people
- to
- believe
- anything.”–Publishers
- Weekly“Exhilarating
- pace,
- intriguing
- proposition,
- and
- plenty
- of
- dark
- laughs:
- Dead
- Money’s
- the
- thriller
- I’ll
- be
- burning
- through
- in
- the
- afterlife.”–Kate
- Veitch,
- author
- of
- Without
- a
- Backward
- Glance
- and
- Trust“A
- unique
- and
- highly
- original
- story.
- If
- you’ve
- ever
- wondered
- about
- the
- rise
- of
- BitCoin
- or
- how
- money
- really
- works,
- you’ll
- enjoy
- this
- book.”–Sion
- Scott-Wilson,
- author
- of
- The
- Sleepwalker’s
- Introduction
- to Flight
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