Adiga, Aravind.

The white tiger : a novel / Aravind Adiga. - 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed. - New York : Free Press, 2008. - 288 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes a "Reading Group Guide." "Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize."--Cover.

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.

ISBN: 9781416562603 1416562605

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chauffeurs--India--Bangalore--Fiction.
Poor--India--Bangalore--Fiction.
Ambition--Fiction.
Businesspeople--India--Bangalore--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Bangalore (India)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Epistolary fiction.
Mystery fiction.