β Scribed by Aravind Adiga
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
ebook, 189 pages
Kindle Edition, 292 pages
Published: 2008
Booker Prize for Fiction (2008)
Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books)
A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wrightβs Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern Indiaβs caste society. βThis is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it beforeβ (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 Chinaβs 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 sensationβand a startling, provocative debut.
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Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher.
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 Chinaβs impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing h
Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher.