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Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape—of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations. The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
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The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- The White Tiger
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Aravind Adiga
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 342
- ISBN10
- 1848871937
- ISBN13
- 9781848871939
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, Family, Murders, Society, Adapted for Film, India, 21st Century, Survival, Poverty, Indian Literature, Corruption, Entrepreneurs, Booker Prize, Castes, Caste System
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- The White Tiger
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape—of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations. The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.