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Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - possessive, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his foetus, but you know his corpse.
Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur... murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi at the wheel of a Honda. Amid cockroaches, call-centres, thirty-six-million gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, Balram comes to see how the Tiger might slip the bars of his cage.

Балрам по прозвищу Белый Тигр — простой парень из типичной индийской деревни, бедняк из бедняков. В семье его нет никакой собственности, кроме лачуги и тележки. Среди своих братьев и сестер Балрам — самый смекалистый и сообразительный. Он явно достоин лучшей участи, чем та, что уготована его ровесникам в деревне. Белый Тигр вырывается в город, где его ждут невиданные и страшные приключения, где он круто изменит свою судьбу, где опустится на самое дно, а потом взлетит на самый верх. Но «Белый Тигр» — вовсе не типичная индийская мелодрама про миллионера из трущоб, нет, это революционная книга, цель которой — разбить шаблонные представления об…

Балрам по прозвищу Белый тигр - простой парень из типичной индийской деревни, бедняк из бедняков. У его семь нет ничего, кроме лачуги и тележки. Среди своих братьев и сестер Балрам - самый смекалистый и сообразительный, и он явно достоин лучшей участи, чем та, что уготовила ему родная деревня. Белый Тигр врывается в город, где его ждут невиданные и страшные приключения, где он круто изменит свою судьбу, опустится на самое дно, а потом взлетит на самый верх. Но «Белый тигр» - вовсе не типичная индийская мелодрама про «миллионера из трущоб», нет. Это революционная книга, цель которой - разбить шаблонные представления об Индии, показать ее…

Né à Madras en 1974, aujourd'hui installé à Bombay, Aravind Adiga est en effet un sacré trouble-fête, et son Tigre blanc se pare des pires noirceurs pour dépeindre l'envers de ce «miracle économique indien» dont parlent les amateurs de clichés...
C'est le portrait d'un Rastignac oriental que brosse Adiga dans ce conte sulfureux qui fustige les archaïsmes religieux et la corruption affairiste d'un pays «où l'on gagne à jouer sur les deux tableaux, car l'entrepreneur indien doit être à la fois loyal et véreux, sincère et sournois». (André Clavel - L'Express du 12 novembre 2008)

Aravind Adiga livre un premier roman brillant et incisif qui met au jour les dysfonctionnements de la «plus grande démocratie du monde». Cinquième auteur indien à recevoir le Booker Prize, ce journaliste de 34 ans qui a étudié à Columbia et à Oxford s'inscrit dans la lignée de Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy et Kiran Desai. Prometteur (Émilie Musset - Le Point du 18 décembre 2008

Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi behind the wheel of a Honda. Amid the cockroaches and call-centres, the 36,000,004 gods, the slums, the shopping malls, and the crippling traffic jams, Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. Driven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the Tiger might escape his cage...

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.

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master."The White Tiger" presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, "The White Tiger" is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.

In this darkly comic debut novel set in India, Balram, a chauffeur, murders his employer, justifying his crime as the act of a "social entrepreneur." In a series of letters to the Premier of China, in anticipation of the leader's upcoming visit to Balram's homeland, the chauffeur recounts his transformation from an honest, hardworking boy growing up in "the Darkness" - those areas of rural India where education and electricity are equally scarce, and where villagers banter about local elections "like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra"-to a determined killer. He places the blame for his rage squarely on the avarice of the Indian ?lite, among…

Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi behind the wheel of a Honda. Amid the cockroaches and call-centres, the 36,000,004 gods, the slums, the shopping malls, and the crippling traffic jams, Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. Driven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the Tiger might escape his cage...

Балрам по прозвищу Белый Тигр — простой парень из типичной индийской деревни, бедняк из бедняков. В семье его нет никакой собственности, кроме лачуги и тележки. Среди своих братьев и сестер Балрам — самый смекалистый и сообразительный. Он явно достоин лучшей участи, чем та, что уготована его ровесникам в деревне. Белый Тигр вырывается в город, где его ждут невиданные и страшные приключения, где он круто изменит свою судьбу, где опустится на самое дно, а потом взлетит на самый верх. Но «Белый Тигр» — вовсе не типичная индийская мелодрама про миллионера из трущоб, нет, это революционная книга, цель которой — разбить шаблонные представления об…

Аудиокнига "Белый тигр" познакомит слушателей с простым бедняком из индийской деревни Белрамом. Он принадлежит к самому нищему сословию, его семья владеет только жалкой лачугой и разбитой тележкой, им едва удается прокормить себя. Среди всех своих братьев и сестер Белрам, которого прозвали Белый тигр, самый сообразительный и смекалистый. Парень понимает, что он достоин лучшей участи, чем та, что ждет его в нищей деревеньке. Пытаясь вырваться из мира бедноты, он отправляется в большой город, чтобы заявить о себе в полный голос.