Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested. Because how can a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school correctly answer all twelve queslions on the television game show Who Will Win a Bon?--unlnss he has cheated?
As the story unfolds, Ram explains to his lawyer how he knew the answer to each question by telling a chapter of his amazing life—from the day he was salvaged from a dustbin to his meeting with a secority-crozed Australian army colonel while performing as an overly croative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Stunniag a television audience of mil-lions, Ram drawson a store of sweet wisdom and accidental encounters that provides him with the essenlial keys not only to the quiz show but also to life itself……