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Mohsin hamid, author of the reluctant fundamentalist an exhilarating, sidesplitting account of india today, as well as an eloquent howl at her many injustices. Aug 25, 2017 a t the age of just 33 in 2008 aravind adiga won the booker prize for his first novel, the white tiger. I was always curious to know what was in it, and how this firsttime fiction won the prestigious award. Publication date 2008 topics chauffeurs, poor, ambition, businesspeople publisher new york.
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Although adiga emphasizes that the white tiger is a work of fiction, it nonetheless has elements, like the many examples of corruption, that are factual. The novel provides a darkly humorous perspective of indias class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from balram halwai, a. The white tiger is the fiction, thriller, literature, redemption, mystery, suspense, and adventure novel that describes the story of a poor man who becomes one of the richest people of his country. Jan 07, 2014 aravind adiga won the booker prize in 2008 for writing the book the white tiger.
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