Has anyone read The White Tiger?
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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. The city is a revelation. As he drives his
master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly
aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing
that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As
Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one
way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his
master.The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, The White Tiger is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
Not yet! But might check it out.
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