{"product_id":"9781416562603","title":"The White Tiger : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Aravind Adiga\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe stunning Booker Prize–winning novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eAmnesty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelection Day\u003c\/i\u003e that critics have likened to Richard Wright’s \u003ci\u003eNative\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India’s caste society. “This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before” (John Burdett, \u003ci\u003eBangkok 8\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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’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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRecalling The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e 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—and a startling, provocative debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling, angry, and darkly humorous, \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e is an unexpected journey into a new India. Aravind Adiga is a talent to watch.\" -- Mohsin Hamid, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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. Let us bow to him.\" -- Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The perfect antidote to lyrical India.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fast-moving novel, set in India, is being sold as a corrective to the glib, dreamy exoticism Western readers often get...If these are the hands that built India, their grandkids really are going to kick America's ass...BUY IT.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly comic...Balram's appealingly sardonic voice and acute observations of the social order are both winning and unsettling.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Aravind Adiga's \u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most powerful books I've read in decades. No hyperbole. This debut novel from an Indian journalist living in Mumbai hit me like a kick to the head -- the same effect Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e and Ralph Ellison's \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e had. - \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary and brilliant... At first, this novel seems like a straightforward pulled-up-by-your-bootstraps tale, albeit given a dazzling twist by the narrator's sharp and satirical eye for the realities of life for India's poor... But as the narrative draws the reader further in, and darkens, it becomes clear that Adiga is playing a bigger game... Adiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and vision. There is the voice of Halwai - witty, pithy, ultimately psychopathic... Remarkable... I will not spoil the effect of this remarkable novel by giving away ... what form his act of blood-stained entrepreneurship takes. Suffice to say that I was reminded of a book that is totally different in tone and style, Richard Wright's Native Son, a tale of the murderous career of a black kid from the Chicago ghetto that awakened 1940s America to the reality of the racial divide. Whether The White Tiger will do the equivalent for today's India - we shall see.\" - Adam Lively, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\"Fierce and funny...A satire as sharp as it gets.\" - Michael Upchurch, \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is a new Muse stalking global narrative: brown, angry, hilarious, half-educated, rustic-urban, iconoclastic, paan-spitting, word-smithing--and in the case of Aravind Adiga she hails from a town called Laxmangarh. This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before. 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 \u003ci\u003eBangkok 8 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adiga's training as a journalist lends the immediacy of breaking news to his writing, but it is his richly detailed storytelling that will captivate his audience...\u003ci\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e echoes masterpieces of resistance and oppression (both \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e come to mind) [and] contains passages of startling beauty...A book that carefully balances fable and pure observation.\" - Lee Thomas, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416562603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592287137998,"sku":"9781416562603","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_e35d56ea-2eab-4098-975d-c3802de7112c.jpg?v=1646780760","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416562603","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}