The Man Booker Prize Winner 2008
About the Book: The White Tiger
The world-famous Booker prize winner depicting the tale of a driver who wants to
kill his master
Balram Halwai is the 'white tiger': a servant born in rural India, a philosopher
born on the streets of his adopted city, an entrepreneur born through tough
times, a murderer born out of necessity - or need?
The son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is made to work in a teashop at an early
age. Performing the menial tasks of the job, he yearns to escape. Grown up, his
opportunity arrives in the form of a job