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Book Description
Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns thaContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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The White Tiger
I'm now going to say how brilliantly Kerry Shale reads the new Man Booker prize winner about a ruthless rickshaw-puller's son from a Ganges village who, by hook or by crook (mostly crook), becomes a Bangalore millionaire - with an Indian accent. How ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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2 stars may be too little, this is not a bad book (besides, who am I to destroy the booker prize winner anyway?). mr Adiga shows us his India: the un-holy, un-mystic, un-saibaba and un-motherteresa India that very few have revealed and fewer wish to discover. his pretext is captivating: Balram, the ... (continue)
disastrino said on Feb 25, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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A book that shows the dark side of India. The inequality between the rich and the poor, the problematic and implicit rules deep-rooted in the economic and political world, and the corruption of the society and the human mind. I don't know what has corrupted the mind of people living in the big citie ... (continue)
Ellery said on Mar 20, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Marc Cygnus said on Oct 23, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Not as nearly enthusiastic as the comments on the book cover. But reading it in India helped to understand a lot of details. What Adiga portraits is the dark India, the one without the amazing colors. The poor India, the dirty India. Just what I've seen in Delhi. Adiga digs deeply in the socio-polit ... (continue)
Gekko P. said on Oct 26, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Aravind Adiga has done a terrific job writing a novel that provides deep insight into the true face of India. It is a powerful and realistic satire that exposes the systemic corruption and the plight of the poor. I especially admire Adiga's humourous prose and linguistic flair:
"Like eunuchs d ... (continue)
Holmes said on Aug 15, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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ziacri said on Jun 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Hardcover 336 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1843547201
- ISBN-13: 9781843547204
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- Pub date: Mar 01, 2008
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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His monster's voice
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 321pp, Atlantic, £12.99 Balram Halwai, the narrator of The White Tiger, is not going to let a lack of education keep him in the dark. He is heading for glory in India's bright future; he will be one of those who stuff ... (read full critics)