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""A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described 'lower lower middle class' 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster."" --New York Times Book Review A fresh look at modern-day India hailed as """"a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride"""" by Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy The first kidnapping wasn't my fault. The others--those were definitely me. Brilliant yet poor, Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his father's tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite--a situation that becomes complicated 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, thanks to him. Ramesh sees an opportunity--perhaps even an obligation--to cash in on Rudi's newfound celebrity, not knowing that Rudi's role on a game show will lead to unexpected love, followed by wild trouble when both young men are kidnapped. But Ramesh outwits the criminals who've abducted them, turning the tables and becoming a kidnapper himself. As he 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. A caper, social satire, and love story rolled into one, How to Kidnap the Rich is a wild ride told by a mesmerizing new talent with an electric voice.

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"Raina stretches stereotype and cliché into incisive satire. -- ""Guardian (London)"""

Raina stretches stereotype and cliche into incisive satire. -- Guardian (London)

"Raina stretches stereotype and clich� into incisive satire. -- ""Guardian (London)"""

""A raucous novel...[about] a self-described 'lower lower middle class' 24-year-old scammer...His perspective is a delight."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Narrator Homer Todiwala's voice is filled with weary, biting humor that captures the timing and tone of Raina's audiobook...Todiwala's performance successfully maintains the difficult balance of dry humor, occasional violence, and heart."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Raina stretches stereotype and cliché into incisive satire."" -- ""The Guardian (London)""

Raina stretches stereotype and cliché into incisive satire. -- ""Guardian (London)""

Raina stretches stereotype and cliche into incisive satire. -- Guardian (London)

Author Information

Rahul Raina divides his time between Oxford and Delhi. He is twenty-eight years old and splits his time be-tween running a consultancy in England, and working for charities and teaching English in India. How to Kidnap the Rich, his first novel, was written in the hundred degree-plus heat of New Delhi.

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