ARGONAUT BOOKS

Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage. Reviews Blazingly savage and brilliantSunday TelegraphA masterpieceThe TimesDazzling... With The White Tiger, Adiga sets out to show us a part of [India] that we hear about infrequently: its underbelly... [Balram's voice is] brimming with idi...Read More