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This rambunctious story of contemporary India shows how religion doesn't create morality, and money doesn't solve every problem--but a person can get what he wants out of life by eavesdropping on the right conversations.
Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger---the first-person confession of a murderer---is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. ... from the American compact disc edition
Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger---the first-person confession of a murderer---is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. ... from the American compact disc edition
Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger---the first-person confession of a murderer---is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. ... from the American mp3 cd edition
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008. ... from the British cd-audio edition
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. ... from the British hardback edition
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 that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi behind the wheel of a Honda. ... from the British paperback edition
Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize THE WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga. This extraordinary debut novel, filled with passion and black humor, Adiga illustrates the freedom of spirit that is human's essential desire, how important its value is and how hard it is to acquire for the poor in the reality of the rural society of India. Translated by Gweon Gi Dae. In Korean. ... from the American trade paper edition
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 The Honey Gatherers
Mimlu Sen
The classic groupie memoir involves a rebellious rich kid from the suburbs who gets caught up in a world of sex, drugs and rock and roll and lives to tell the tale. Mimlu Sen fits the wealthy and rebellious stereotype, and her story certainly... [ Read full review ] |
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