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"A stunning literary debut critics have likened to Richard Wright&#8217;s Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India&#8217;s caste society. &#8220;This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before&#8221; (John Burdett, Bangkok 8).The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. On the occasion of the president of China&#8217;s impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing his transformation and his experience as driver and servant to a wealthy Indian family, which he thinks exemplifies the contradictions and complications of Indian society. Recalling The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, The White Tiger is narrative genius with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation&#8212;and a startling, provocative debut."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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