Book title: The White Tiger Book Author: Aravind Adiga Publication Date: April 22, 2008 ISBN: 1-416-56259-1 The White Tiger is the debut novel of Indian writer Aravind Adiga. It won him the Man Booker prize in 2008. The novel is written as a series of letters to the Chinese premier from the main character of the story, Balram Halwai. Balram’s story is set in modern India, amid the backdrop of globalization, and tells of his climb out of poverty to become a successful entrepreneur. The contrast between the new India, a global economic power, and the life of rural poverty which is reality for the majority of Indians, is a major theme in this book. The book successfully portrays the India of reality and as such encompasses such themes as religious tension, familial loyalty and the difficult of returning to India after living abroad. The story is of a climb out of poverty but it is no conventional rags-to-riches story. This is not the success story for which Ba...
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