by Aravind Adiga · Editorial Presença · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722341004
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«O Tigre Branco» is the literary fiction novel by Aravind Adiga, published by Editorial Presença (242 pages, in Portuguese).
Balram Halwai, a young man from a poor village in India, manages to rise to become a businessman in Bangalore. The entire work is a long letter addressed to the Chinese prime minister, written over the course of seven nights, in which he denounces corruption, violence and the inequalities of Indian society. A dark comedy with a mordant tone.
Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Aravind Adiga's first novel; the original title in English is The White Tiger.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of literary fiction about contemporary India.
Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
