Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

How to Kidnap the Rich: A Novel

5 Ratings

3

Duration
9H 55min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

“A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described ‘lower lower middle class’ 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster.” —New York Times Book Review

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

The 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 a game show will lead to unexpected love, followed by wild trouble when both young men are kidnapped.

But Ramesh outwits the criminals who’ve abducted them, turning the tables and becoming a kidnapper himself. As he leads Rudi through a maze of crimes both large and small, their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity, beauty, and squalor, moving from the bottom rungs to the circles inhabited by the ultra-rich and everywhere in between.

A caper, social satire, and love story rolled into one, How to Kidnap the Rich is a wild ride told by a mesmerizing new talent with an electric voice.

© 2022 HarperAudio (Audiobook): 9780063028807

Release date

Audiobook: 1 February 2022

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. The Cartographers: A Novel Peng Shepherd
  2. Mr Nobody Catherine Steadman
  3. How High We Go in the Dark Sequoia Nagamatsu
  4. How to Kill Your Family Bella Mackie
  5. Sorrow and Bliss: A Novel Meg Mason
  6. Notes on an Execution Danya Kukafka
  7. The Night Shift Alex Finlay
  8. The Maid Nita Prose
  9. Almond: A Novel Won-pyung Sohn
  10. Small Pleasures: A Novel Clare Chambers
  11. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix
  12. Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
  13. Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Gillian McAllister
  14. The Guest List: A Novel Lucy Foley
  15. Dial A For Aunties Jesse Sutanto
  16. When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Alyssa Cole
  17. More Than You'll Ever Know: A Novel Katie Gutierrez
  18. Demon Copperhead: A Novel Barbara Kingsolver
  19. My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Kate Elizabeth Russell
  20. The Dutch House: A Novel Ann Patchett
  21. Counterfeit: A Novel Kirstin Chen
  22. Girl A Abigail Dean
  23. Nine Liars Maureen Johnson
  24. Sistersong: A dazzling folklore retelling full of magic, love and betrayal Lucy Holland
  25. Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rumaan Alam
  26. Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution R.F. Kuang
  27. The Sentence Louise Erdrich
  28. Sawkill Girls Claire Legrand
  29. Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan
  30. The Wife Upstairs Rachel Hawkins
  31. Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel Emily M. Danforth
  32. Cleopatra and Frankenstein Coco Mellors
  33. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Jesse Sutanto
  34. Commonwealth Ann Patchett
  35. The Last Housewife: A Novel Ashley Winstead
  36. The Atlas Six Olivie Blake
  37. The Plotters Un-su Kim
  38. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel Imogen Hermes Gowar
  39. Heaven Mieko Kawakami
  40. The Book of Goose Yiyun Li
  41. My Best Friend’s Exorcism: A Novel Grady Hendrix
  42. Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney