You should print a copy of these Terms for your records. The headings contained in this document are for reference purposes only. By using the Platform and the Atome Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and are deemed to have executed these Terms electronically. Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”) carefully. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation-and a startling, provocative debut. 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. 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. 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. “This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before” (John Burdett, Bangkok 8). The first-person confession of a murderer, 'The White Tiger' is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.The stunning Booker Prize–winning novel from the author of Amnesty and Selection Day that critics have likened to Richard Wright's Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India's caste society. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master.'The White Tiger' presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres.

As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables.

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village.

The white tiger book by aravind adiga