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The White Tiger is a novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was published in 2008 and won the 40th Booker Prize the same year. [1] The novel provides a darkly humorous perspective of India's class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram Halwai, a village boy.
- Aravind Adiga
- 2008
Oct 14, 2008 · Paperback – October 14, 2008. 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 ...
- Aravind Adiga
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- Free Press
Apr 22, 2008 · The White Tiger is the 2008 Booker Prize Winner and while many may feel it doesn’t deserve that accolade, including me, it is still a book well worth reading. It portrays an India in its rudimentary form, and its polarised societal structure illustrates how ambition, corruption, and values attributed to life, are so unique.
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The White Tiger is a novel about Balram Halwai, a rickshaw driver's son who becomes a successful entrepreneur in India. He narrates his life story to a Chinese official, revealing his rise, his crimes, and his views on India's social system.
The White Tiger, novel by Aravind Adiga, published in 2008. The White Tiger, Adiga’s debut novel, garnered voluminous praise on publication and earned Adiga, a former Time magazine correspondent then 34 years old, the distinction of being among the youngest authors ever to win the Man Booker Prize. The book received this praise for the story ...
Mar 1, 2008 · The White Tiger is a darkly comic story of a poor boy who rises from poverty to become a ruthless entrepreneur in modern India. It explores the themes of corruption, caste, and class through the eyes of Balram, the narrator and protagonist.
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Apr 22, 2008 · Simon and Schuster, Apr 22, 2008 - Fiction - 304 pages. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe stunning Booker Prize–winning novel from the author of Amnesty and Selection Day that critics have likened to Richard Wright’s NativeSon, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India’s caste ...
