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The White Tiger : A Novel
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The White Tiger : A Novel Paperback - 2008

by Adiga, Aravind

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  • Title The White Tiger : A Novel
  • Author Adiga, Aravind
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Date 2008-10-14
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP46113241
  • ISBN 9781416562603 / 1416562605
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Indian
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Epistolary fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the publisher

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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  • Books & Culture, 05/01/2009, Page 37

About the author

Aravind Adiga was born in India in 1974 and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. He is the author of the novels Amnesty; Selection Day, now a series on Netflix; The White Tiger, which won the Man Booker Prize; and the story collection Between the Assassinations. He lives in Mumbai, India

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