The white tiger /
by Adiga, Aravind.
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BookPublisher: London : Atlantic, 2012Description: 321 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781848878082 (pbk.) :; 1848878087 (pbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Poor -- India -- Fiction | Ambition -- Fiction | Delhi (India) -- Social conditions -- Fiction | General | GENAwards: Man Booker Prize 2008Summary: Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002890833X |
Originally published: 2008.
Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage.
Man Booker Prize 2008
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