Not only the structure of the book is incredibly original, the characters convincing to the smallest detail. I mitgelitten with the protagonists on each side, -gezittert and loved.
The hero rolls his life story on the basis of 12 asked in a quiz show questions and explains how it was at his first possible to answer all 12 questions correctly.
His dazzling and warm life has helped him and partly droll, sometimes pitiless but partly also very lovely people on his young life have helped. Although fiction, one takes the author from each side as actual life story of the hero.
The background information that you obtain about the poor, unnoticed slum India, are staggering and impressive without being presented with the admonishing finger.
The main character wanders through various misfortunes without despair own life, or that of others to envy.
A round sympathetic book, from which one can learn a lot while still entertaining. A refreshingly different novel.
Please read!