Q & A

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novel

Q & A is a novel by Vikas Swarup that follows a poor Indian waiter who unexpectedly wins a fortune on a quiz show, inspiring the film Slumdog Millionaire.

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Q & A canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedInto Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
alternateTitleOfAdaptedEdition Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
surface form: Slumdog Millionaire (tie-in edition)
author Vikas Swarup ⓘ
awardConnection source material for Academy Award–winning film Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
depicts Indian entertainment industry ⓘ
Indian legal system ⓘ
slums of Mumbai ⓘ
filmAdaptationCoDirector Loveleen Tandan ⓘ
filmAdaptationCountryOfOrigin India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Danny Boyle ⓘ
filmAdaptationLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
filmAdaptationTitle Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
drama ⓘ
novel ⓘ
hasISBN 9780385514040 (US edition) ⓘ
9780385608138 (UK hardback) ⓘ
9780747582117 (UK paperback) ⓘ
inspiredWork Slumdog Millionaire ⓘ
mainCharacter Jamal Malik ⓘ
surface form: Ram Mohammad Thomas
mediumOfAdaptation feature film ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement game show cheating accusation ⓘ
interrogation by police ⓘ
orphan protagonist ⓘ
quiz show ⓘ
protagonistOccupation waiter ⓘ
protagonistSocioeconomicStatus poor ⓘ
publicationPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
surface form: Doubleday (US edition)

Transworld Publishers ⓘ
surface form: Transworld Publishers (UK edition)
setting India ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
structure each chapter linked to a quiz question ⓘ
theme child exploitation ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ
love ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slumdog Millionaire → basedOn → Q & A ⓘ
Simon Beaufoy → adaptedWork → Q & A ⓘ
Vikas Swarup → notableWork → Q & A ⓘ
Vikas Swarup → wrote → Q & A ⓘ
Vikas Swarup → basedOn → Q & A ⓘ
subject surface form: Slumdog Millionaire
Jamal Malik → basedOnWork → Q & A ⓘ
Latika → basedOnWork → Q & A ⓘ