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The White Tiger

Written by: Aravind Adiga
Narrated by: Bindya Solanki
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British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2009.

Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2008.

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. Too poor to finish school, he has to work in a teashop until the day a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. Balram becomes aware of immense wealth all around him, and realizes the only way he can become part of it is by murdering his master.

The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticized India, both thrilling and shocking.

©2008 Aravind Adiga (P)2008 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Coming of Age Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery World Literature Fiction Exciting
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"Dazzling...an Indian novel that explodes the cliches...It's a thrilling ride through a global power...Brimming with idiosyncrasy, sarcastic, cunning and often hilarious." ( The Independent)
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Why does the narrator do that fake Indian accent thing throughout the book. Really wish I chose another narrator.

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This book goes in the shelf of wonderful books which describes the rags to riches story of a person with a rich background information on the Indian cultural and socio-political traits found in an ordinary person who is yearning to come out of his caste and class shell. The idea of narrating it to a Chinese Premier and the comparisons drawn out between a growing India and China makes it stand out from the other stories that fall under this category.

Excellent style of narration!!

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