The Accidental Apprentice
Vikas Swarup
- As
- heard
- on
- BBC
- Woman's
- HourFrom
- the
- author
- of
- the
- book
- behind
- the
- blockbuster
- movie
- Slumdog
- Millionaire,
- a
- brilliant
- novel
- about
- life
- changing
- in
- an
- instant.In
- life
- you
- never
- get
- what
- you
- deserve:
- you
- get
- what
- you
- negotiate…What
- would
- you
- do
- if,
- out
- of
- the
- blue,
- a
- billionaire
- industrialist
- decided
- to
- make
- you
- the
- CEO
- of
- his
- company?
- No
- prior
- business
- experience
- necessary.
- There
- is
- only
- one
- catch:
- you
- need
- to
- pass
- seven
- tests
- from
- the
- 'textbook
- of
- life'.This
- is
- the
- offer
- made
- to
- Sapna
- Sinha,
- an
- ordinary
- salesgirl
- in
- an
- electronics
- boutique
- in
- downtown
- Delhi,
- by
- Vinay
- Mohan
- Acharya,
- one
- of
- India's
- richest
- men.Thus
- begins
- the
- most
- challenging
- journey
- of
- Sapna's
- life,
- 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
- dreamt
- of.
- But
- are
- the
- seven
- tests
- for
- real
- or
- is
- Acharya
- playing
- a
- deeper
- game,
- one
- driven
- by
- a
- perverse
- fantasy?From
- the
- acclaimed
- author
- of
- Slumdog
- Millionaire,
- one
- of
- the
- biggest
- films
- of
- the
- decade,
- comes
- this
- compelling,
- suspenseful
- tale
- of
- the
- power
- of
- dreams,
- the
- lure
- of
- money
- and
- the
- universal
- need
- to
- know
- who
- we
- are.Praise
- forThe
- Accidental
- Apprentice:'It's
- easy
- to
- forget
- that
- before
- it
- was
- retitled
- for
- Hollywood,
- Slumdog
- Millionairewas
- a
- novel
- called
- Q&A,which
- makes
- its
- author,
- Vikas
- Swarup,
- probably
- the
- most
- successful
- Indian
- author
- you've
- never
- heard
- of….
- Gripping
- stuff…
- Perhaps
- The
- Accidental
- Apprenticeis
- awaiting
- its
- Danny
- Boyle'The
- TimesPraise
- for
- Q&A/Slumdog
- Millionaire'A
- colourful
- portrait
- of
- Indian
- society
- is
- painted
- with
- remarkable
- lightness
- and
- wit'
- Sunday
- Telegraph'Absorbing
- and
- richly
- entertaining
- reading'
- The Times
