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Its charismatic narrator turns India’s economic boom into a fierce satire of caste and corruption.
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The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga2008 selection · Literary fiction
The White Tiger
Balram Halwai recounts his rise from an impoverished village to success in Bangalore through letters to China’s premier. His mordant confession exposes the crime and servitude behind that ascent.
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You enjoy darkly funny stories led by a morally compromised outsider.
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