The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga • 2008
Devastation Rating
India class capitalism murder
Our Take
Balram Halwai writes a letter to the Premier of China explaining how he became an entrepreneur — by murdering his employer. Adiga's satire of Indian economic liberalization is told by a man who has no illusions about what the Darkness and the Light are. The roosters in the coop are us. Balram got out.
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