The Girl with the Seven Lives

A high-stakes tour-de-force from Vikas Swarup, the internationally bestselling author of Q & A, the book that inspired one of the most memorable films of the twenty-first century: hit Hollywood, multiple-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

'An absolute triumph of contemporary fiction' LoveReading

'Cinematic ... propulsive' The Weekend Australian

'A rollicking read' Good Reading Magazine

The Girl with the Seven Lives is centred around Devi, a fighter who has learned that survival in the slums of Delhi comes at a cost. Naturally, she’s made a few enemies along the way.

Now she’s being held captive, her life up for sale in an online auction, where the highest bidder will determine her fate.

With her existence hanging in the balance, Devi proceeds to give her captor ‘a confession to beat all confessions’ – as over the course of a single night, Devi unveils the secrets of her seven extraordinary lives.

Devi is the ultimate survivor – a girl from the gutters who dares to rewrite her own destiny. But will she survive the longest night of her life?

'A memorable journey and occult X-ray of a country that can’t help but fascinate us' Crime Time