The White Tiger
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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
… More »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.
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Add a CommentI hard a hard time with White Tiger and stopped at page 80. Our main character is just too toxic, devoid of any redeeming characteristics. His India-bashing was over the top and this would all of have been more than tolerable had the prose been just slightly bewitching or captivating but I'm sorry to say it wasn't. It was, to coin a phrase about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit.
capitalism/communism/socialism -- it's all the same in 21st c. India. It's 1984-- only with more squalor and pathos.
Sometimes I don't GET what it is that judges see when they award the Man Booker - this book is a most notable exception. This writer gives a loving-but-unromanticized look at modern India, something all our countries could use more of. On my list of all-time best books.
One of the best books I've read in the past decade. Adiga is an exciting young voice in fiction today, I highly recommend both his novel as well as the more recent "Last Man in Tower".
Read as part of an online book group, and as another 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die list book. A strange but enjoyable story
Sandy 12/11 starred
Under the pretext of a letter to Chinese Premier Jiabao, Balram tells the story of his life and village. I was amused at the social commentary near the beginning: "You Chinese are far ahead of us [in India] except that you don't have entrepreneurs." Balram gets a job as a driver and seems a huge success because he wears a uniform. Excesses of the wealthy get a bit tedious, but Adiga pulls all the story lines together for a good ending.
It is refreshing to read something that is not fluff...a picture into India that a lot of Western cultures ignore.
In-depth look at life in Ethopia, great read.
Details the caste system in India very well. Also has a good theme, and good plot, and leaves you questioning your own morality.