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.
Vikas Swarup’s first
novel was made into the Oscar Award–winning film Slumdog Millionaire and
has been translated into over forty languages. Swarup has written for Time,
Newsweek, the Guardian,
the Telegraph, and the Financial Times. An Indian diplomat,
he has been posted to Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom,
South Africa, and Japan. He lives in India.View all by Vikas Swarup
