The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)

Details Author Reviews Description A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wrights Native Son , The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern Indias caste society. 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 en A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wrights Native Son , The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern Indias caste society. 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 Chinas 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. A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wrights Native Son , The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern Indias caste society. 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 en A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wrights Native Son , The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern Indias caste society. The white tiger of this... Read More

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