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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. A brutal view of India’s class struggles is cunningly presented in Adiga’s debut about a racist， homicidal chauffer. Balram Halwai is from the Darkness， born where India’s downtrodden and unlucky are destined to rot. Balram manages to escape his village and move to Delhi after being hired as a driver for a rich landlord. Telling his story in retrospect， the novel is a piecemeal correspondence from Balram to the premier of China， who is expected to visit India and whom Balram believes could learn a lesson or two about India’s entrepreneurial underbelly. Adiga’s existential and crude prose animates the battle between India’s wealthy and poor as Balram suffers degrading treatment at the hands of his employers (or， more appropriately， masters). His personal fortunes and luck improve dramatically after he kills his boss and decamps for Bangalore. Balram is a clever and resourceful narrator with a witty and sarcastic edge that endears him to readers， even as he rails about corruption， allows himself to be defiled by his bosses， spews coarse invective and eventually profits from moral ambiguity and outright criminality. It’s the perfect antidote to lyrical India. (Apr.)
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Book Description
Introducing a major literary talent， The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit， blistering suspense， and questionable morality， told by the most volatile， captivating， and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights， by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier， Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
Born in the dark heart of India， Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village’s wealthiest man， two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles)， and the rich man’s (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car， Balram’s new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly (Love -- Rape -- Revenge!)， barter for girls， drink liquor (Thunderbolt)， and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society， Balram watches his employers bribe foreign ministers for tax breaks， barter for girls， drink liquor (single-malt whiskey)， and play their own role in the Rooster Coop. Balram learns how to siphon gas， deal with corrupt mechanics， and refill and resell Johnnie Walker Black Label bottles (all but one). He also finds a way out of the Coop that no one else inside it can perceive.
Balram’s eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can: the cockroaches and the call centers; the prostitutes and the worshippers; the ancient and Internet cultures; the water buffalo and， trapped in so many kinds of cages that escape is (almost) impossible， the white tiger. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected， Balram teaches us that religion doesn’t create virtue， and money doesn’t solve every problem -- but decency can still be found in a corrupt world， and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations.
Sold in sixteen countries around the world， The White Tiger recalls The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition， scope， and 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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