Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008 Meet Balram Halwai the white tiger servant philosopher entrepreneur murderer Born in a village in the dark heart of India the son of a rickshaw puller Balram is taken out of school and put to work in a teashop As he crushes coal and wipes tables he nurses a dream of escape. His big chance comes when a rich landlord hires him as a chauffeur for his son daughter in law, and their two Pomeranian dogs. From behind the wheels of a Honda .Balram sees Delhi and begins to see how the Tiger might escape his cage. For surely any successful man must spill a little blood on his way to the topThe White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balrams journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral brilliantly irreverent deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
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