It is probably news no longer, but I am happy with the choice, though it might sound strange when I haven’t read the other books in contention. On reading The White Tiger, I did get the feeling that it might actually win, no matter the competition. Congratulations to Aravind Adiga!
Link to BBC Interview.
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Adiga wins the Booker
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Posted in Aravind Adiga, Book reviews, Booker Award Shortlist, India, India authors, Indians writing in English, South Asian Writers, South Asian literature, fiction, indian english, literature, novel on October 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What becomes apparent soon into The White Tiger is its anger. This is the voice of the post liberal India, the generation after Rushdie and Mistry. While the principals of Mistry’s Fine Balance are crushed in subhuman surroundings, the one here rises in protest using the very system which keeps countless others like him in [...]
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