What does it take for you to climb from complete poverty to a mansion, bullet-proof car and bodyguards? Twelve simple rules, "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" is the story of a young boy, born into a poor family. As the years pass, he moves to a slum in the city, gets a brief education, flirts with militancy and then hungry for advancement, sets up a bottled water business, the ultimate symbol of the modern South Asian city, a place where nothing works but everything can be had at a price. But as he leaves his past behind, one thing remains constant and true his love for the girl he met as a teenager. Told through the conventions of a self-help guide to becoming rich, this is a dazzling and virtuoso novel from the acclaimed author of the Reluctant Fundamentalist.