by Aravind Adiga · Atlantic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781843547211
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«The White Tiger» is the fiction novel by Aravind Adiga, published by Atlantic Books in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Balram Halwai, chauffeur to a wealthy family, recounts over seven nights how a poor young man from an Indian village tries to make his way in a country marked by corruption and inequality. His cynical and biting voice portrays contemporary India, divided between rural poverty, shady business dealings and the opportunities of the big cities.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008. The action takes place between the villages of the Ganges, Delhi and Bangalore.
Work suitable for reading groups and for those seeking literary fiction with an ambiguous protagonist.
Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
