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. &;This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before&; (John Burdett, Bangkok 8). 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. 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. 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. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation&;and a startling, provocative debut.

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