The Resource The white tiger : a novel, Aravind Adiga
The white tiger : a novel, Aravind Adiga
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- Summary
- 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 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Note
-
- Reprint. Originally published: 2008
- "Includes a reading group guide and author q & a" --P. [4] of cover
- Isbn
- 9781416562603
- Label
- The white tiger : a novel
- Title
- The white tiger
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Aravind Adiga
- Subject
-
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueBangalore, India
- Businesspeople -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- Chauffeurs -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- trueClass conflict
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- trueEthics
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMurder
- Mystery fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- truePolitical corruption
- Poor -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- truePoverty
- trueRacism
- trueRevenge
- trueSocial classes
- trueAmbition
- Ambition -- Fiction
- trueAutomobile drivers
- Bangalore (India) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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
- Summary
- When he relocates to New Delhi to take a new job, Balram Halwai is disillusioned by the city's materialism and technology-spawned violence, a circumstance that forces him to question his loyalties, ambitions, and past
- Award
- Man Booker Prize, 2008.
- Awards note
- Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2008.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 249926
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Adiga, Aravind
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chauffeurs
- Poor
- Ambition
- Businesspeople
- Bangalore (India)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The white tiger : a novel, Aravind Adiga
- Note
-
- Reprint. Originally published: 2008
- "Includes a reading group guide and author q & a" --P. [4] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6613256
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416562603
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- The white tiger : a novel, Aravind Adiga
- Note
-
- Reprint. Originally published: 2008
- "Includes a reading group guide and author q & a" --P. [4] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6613256
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416562603
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueBangalore, India
- Businesspeople -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- Chauffeurs -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- trueClass conflict
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- trueEthics
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMurder
- Mystery fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- truePolitical corruption
- Poor -- India | Bangalore -- Fiction
- truePoverty
- trueRacism
- trueRevenge
- trueSocial classes
- trueAmbition
- Ambition -- Fiction
- trueAutomobile drivers
- Bangalore (India) -- Fiction
Genre
- Mystery fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSatirical fiction
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