Adiga provides both a chronological and geographical framework for this collection of stories, a prequel to his Man Booker-winning "The White Tiger" (2008). The stories take place during the years between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.--"Booklist."

In this book, Adiga speaks about the life in the small town of Kittur, India, between 1984 (Assassination of Indira Gandhi) and 1991 (murder of her son Rajiv).

Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, this title presents an entire world.

The dazzling and masterful new book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize: one of the year's most eargerly anticipated works of fiction.

Presents a moral biography of an Indian town and a group portrait of ordinary Indians in a time of extraordinary transformation, over the seven-year period between the assassinations of Prime Minister Gandhi and her son Rajiv.

New work from the author of THE WHITE TIGER, NYT Bestseller and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008.

The dazzling new book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, "Between the Assassinations" brings to life a chorus of distinctive Indian voices, all inhabitants in the fictional town of Kittur.

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.

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.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008.

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.