The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga A New York Times Bestseller Includes a Reading Group Guide and Author A A Balram Halwal is a complicated man. Servant. Phllosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, Balram tells us 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. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected, Balram teaches us that religion doesn't create virtue, and money doesn't solve every problem - but decency can still be found in a corrupt worid, and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international sensation - and a startling, provocative debut. "[An) arresting and unlikely black comedy. In the end, this is no more a novel whose subject is social and economic injustice than the subject of Crime and Punishment is urban violence. It is the story of a man's soul, and a pretty scary (and defiantly funny) one it is too" - Katherine A Powers, The Boston Globe "Blazingly savage and brilllant. Not a single detail in this novel rings false or feels confected. The White Tiger is an excoriating piece of work." - Neel Mukhorjee, The Sunday Telegraph "An exhilarating, side-splitting account of India today, as well as an eloquent howl at her many injustices. Adiga enters the literary scene resplendent in battle dress and ready to conquer. Lot us bow to him" - Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan "Adiga is a global Gorky, a modern Kipling who grew up, and grew up mad. The future of the novel lies here." - John Burdett, author of Bankok 8 "One of the most powerful books I've read in decades. No hyperbole. This debut novel hit me Hike a kick to the head - the same effect Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Elison's Invisible Man had." USA Today Aravind Adiga was born in India in 1974 and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. A former correspondent for Time magazine, he has also been published in the Financial Times. Ho lives in Mumbai, India. Pages in unmarked condition. Cover has some wear to edges and corners. Cover page has crease at edge. Cover has chipping and scratches. Spine has crease.