The Accidental Apprentice is a novel by Indian author Vikas Swarup.[1][2][3] It is about a shop assistant, Sapna Sinha, who is invited to become CEO of a business empire if she can pass a series of seven tests. The story explores various forms of corruption in modern India.[4] It has been dramatised for BBC Radio Four's 15 Minute Drama[5] and is due to be adapted into a film by director Sriram Raghavan.[6]
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- ^ Atkins, Lucy (5 May 2013). "The Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama - The Seventh Test". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Sriram Raghvan's next on Swarup's 'The Accidental Apprentice'". The Times of India. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.