Meet Balram Halwai the 'white tiger': servant philosopher entrepreneur murderer...
Born in a village in the heart of India the son of a rickshaw puller Balram is taken out of school and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coal and wipes tables he nurses a dream of escape. His big chance comes when a rich landlord hires him as a chauffeur for his son daughter-in-law and their two Pomeranian dogs. From behind the wheels of a Honda Balram sees Delhi and begins to see how the Tiger might escape his cage. For surely any successful man must spill a little blood on his way to the top?
The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral brilliantly irreverent deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
Winner of the 2008 Booker Prize now a major Netflix film starring Priyanka Chopra and Rajkumar Rao