The White Tiger

By Aravind Adiga (author)

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008

Winner of the Galaxy Author of the Year award 2009.

Aravind Adiga's winning debut novel The White Tiger is described as a ‘compelling, angry and darkly humorous' novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. It was described by one reviewer as an ‘unadorned portrait' of India seen ‘from the bottom of the heap'.

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Other Genres:	Sharing Diverse Voices
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

The stunning Booker Prize-winning novel from the author of Amnesty and Selection Day that critics have likened to Richard Wright's Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India's caste society. "This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before" (John Burdett, Bangkok 8).

The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. On the occasion of the president of China's impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing his transformation and his experience as driver and servant to a wealthy Indian family, which he thinks exemplifies the contradictions and complications of Indian society.

Recalling The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, The White Tiger is narrative genius with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation--and a startling, provocative debut.

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ISBN:	9781982167660
Publication date:	29th December 2020
Author:	Aravind Adiga
Publisher:	Free Press
Format:	Paperback
Pagination:	320 pages
Primary Genre	Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Other Genres:	Sharing Diverse Voices
Recommendations:	Debut Books of the Month eBooks of the Month