THE WHITE TIGER
MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
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NARRATED BY BALRAM, A SELF-STYLED ENTREPRENEUR WHO HAS MURDERED HIS EMPLOYER, THE BOOK FOLLOWS HIS PROGRESS FROM CHILD LABOURER, VIA HUMILIATION AS A SERVANT AND DRIVER, TO A MYSTERIOUS NEW LIFE IN BANGALORE. BALRAM HIMSELF IS AN ENTICING FIGURE, WHOSE REASONS FOR MURDER BECOME COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE END, BUT EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS THE NITTY-GRITTY OF INDIAN LIFE THAT ADIGA UNEARTHS: THE CORRUPTION, THE CLASS SYSTEM, THE SHEER PETTY VICIOUSNESS. , - ' ' , . ! , , . ... . ! , , - .
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