My life has been a struggle. But I never gave up my dreams. Nor will I ever.'

 How does a village student, living with uncertainty about his next meal or home, who failed his boards, go on to a career in the civil services? With integrity, inventiveness, and a never-say-die spirit.

In IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma's case, there was also the promise of love.  Twelfth Fail is his extraordinary story, the gripping narrative of a man who put his heart and soul into making the impossible possible.