This book is a self-help book. Its objective, as it says on the cover, is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Here, the narrator lays out the book succinctly. The narrator describes the novel as a self-help book, and that the book is exactly about what the title says. The narrator uses the book to trace the rise of you in Asia, beginning with your humble and poverty-stricken upbringing.

…it must seem that getting filthy rich is beyond your reach. But have faith. You are not as powerless as you appear. Your moment I s about to come. Yes, this book is going to offer you a choice.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Here, the narrator explains that no one is ever necessarily stuck in poverty forever, especially you. You will have a choice very soon, which will affect the rest of your life. It is a choice clarified in...