The White Tiger
Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger-the first-person confession of a murderer-is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger-the first-person confession of a murderer-is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781400106653 (1400106656)
ASIN: 9781400106653
Publish date: 01-05-2008
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this story quite well. I found Balram to be a nasty little weasel but a great opportunist with his own set of codes and morals. I found him charming and amusing and simultaneously horrific.I thought the story went a little bit long and got a little bit preachy at times and it bothered me j...
Read as audiobook with an excellent reader.Well-narrated, quick, wry and entertaining, though not without its moral dilemmas, which include self-centeredness, classism and stereotyping perpetuated even by those who see themselves as enlightened or different; disloyalty, murder, and the question of w...