The author of ‘Q & A’, Vikas Swarup, Deputy High Commissioner for India in South Africa, will be one of the speakers at the third Franschhoek Literary Festival, to be held from 15 – 17 May. His book was the inspiration for the Oscar and other film industry award-winning movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
“I wanted to show that knowledge is not the preserve of the educated elite and that even a ‘street-kid’ can possess the wisdom to win a quiz show,” said Swarup in an interview with Transworld about what inspired him to write the book, as quoted on the Franschhoek Literary Festival website.
The book tells the story of an orphan from the backstreets of Mumbai who is falsely accused of cheating in a television game show.
Swarup’s novel ‘Q&A’ has won various accolades, including the Most Influential Book of the Year 2008 from Kingstone Bookstore, Taiwan’s largest book chain. It was also shortlisted for the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize 2006, as well as the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair.
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