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The white tiger a novel

Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him...

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Main Author: Adiga, Aravind.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Chauffeurs > Fiction.
Poor > Fiction.
Ambition > Fiction.
Businesspeople > Fiction.
India > Fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Mystery fiction > India.
Summary: Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
Physical Description: 288 p. ; 23 cm.
Awards: Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2008.
ISBN: 9781416562603
1416562605
Author Notes: Aravind Adiga was born in India in 1974 and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. He is the author of the novels Amnesty ; Selection Day , now a series on Netflix; The White Tiger , which won the Man Booker Prize; and the story collection Between the Assassinations . He lives in Mumbai, India.

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