How to Kidnap the Rich

"The first great state-of-the-subcontinent novel of the 21st century" (the Bookseller)—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 and Sex and Vanity and one of Publishers Weekly's Best Summer ReadsThe 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...