32 views
THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga - PB 2008 Man Booker Prize
$9.50
SHIPPING OFFERED
Softcover, light crease to spine edge, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked.
321 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Atlantic Press, 2008. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781843547228
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor 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 realises 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.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
321 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Atlantic Press, 2008. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781843547228
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor 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 realises 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.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:14/09/2023
- Last Edited:14/09/2023
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Shipping & Pickup
Similar Ads
- SHUGGIE BAIN BOOKSHUGGIE BAIN BOOK. By Douglas Stuart. It won the 2020 Booker Prize. Set in Glasgow. In EXCELLENT condition. Comes from a clean, pet free, smoke free house.$5Mount Hawthorn, WA•62w
- Sacred Hunger. Hardback book written by Barry Unsworth.Sacred Hunger. Hardback book written by Barry Unsworth. 1992 Booker Prize winner$5Bedford, WA•25w
- VARIOUS BESTSELLING NOVELS or AUTHORSBooks are priced from $2.00, $3, $5, $8 & $10 depending on condition. Many are in as new condition. I reluctantly need to clear some of my massive book collection. Reluctant, because I could read everyone of the books on this list again and then probably again. As far as I am concerned, all of these novels belong in the category of books you can't put down. Bestsellers and/or ripper reads include: *Books by Jodi Picoult (Author of My Sister's Keeper) *The Divide by Nicholas Evans (Author of$2SHIPPING OFFEREDScarborough, WA•406w
- A Golden Age - Tahmina Anam (as new condition)A Golden Age - Tahmina Anam Excellent condition book with golden accents on cover. A Golden Age is the first novel of the Bangladesh-born writer Tahmima Anam. It tells the story of the Bangladesh War of Liberation through the eyes of one family. This emotive book covers a wide canvas, from Dhaka to Lahore to Calcutta. It provides an account of the heart-breaking decisions that families may be forced to make in wartime, about sacrifice and the toll of conflict and the particular cruelties of c$12SHIPPING OFFEREDNegotiableBallajura, WA•13w
- THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE YOUNG ADULT FICTIONThe Education of Little Tree has been embedded in controversy since the revelation that the autobiographical story told by Forrest Carter was a complete fabrication. The touching novel, which has entranced readers since it was first published in 1976, has since raised questions, many unanswered, about how this quaint and engaging tale of a young, orphaned boy could have been written by a man whose life was so overtly rooted in hatred. How can this story, now discovered to be fictitious, fill ou$8SHIPPING OFFEREDWilson, WA•30w
- Outlander By Diana Gabaldon P/B Book *D41946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It's a second honeymoon, a chance to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the first person she meets is a British army officer - her husband's six-times great-grandfather. Unfortunately, Black Jack Randall is not the man his descendant is, and while trying to escape him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Scotti$8SHIPPING OFFEREDSwan View, WA•110w
- Mary Grant Bruce. The Tower Rooms. 1st Edition 1926Mary Grant Bruce. The Tower Rooms. 1st Edition Hardback book published 1926 by Ward Lock. 4 full page black and white plates. Pages in clean condition. A flaw to page 241/242. The page has been bound incorrectly. See photos 7 and 8 for clarity. Written details inside state that the Book was presented as a 1st prize to top school student on 27th November 1926. Several pages at rear of book providing details of other books available published by Ward Lock. $65.00$65SHIPPING OFFEREDKalamunda, WA•8w
- Mary Grant Bruce. Gray’s Hollow. C1920’sMary Grant Bruce. Gray’s Hollow. Hardback book published C1920’s by Ward Lock. 7 black and white full page plates. School Prize presentation label dated 1922. Due to age and use there are Foxing/brown marks to many pages but other pages are okay. $20.00$20SHIPPING OFFEREDKalamunda, WA•8w
- Vintage Ethel Turner. Miss Bobbie. C1900’sVintage Ethel Turner. Miss Bobbie. Hardback book published C1900 by Ward Lock. 8 Full Page black and white plates 24 line drawings Mixture of clean pages, pages with marks and pages with foxing. Some page marks are from original ends left from cord binding as shown in photo. Book plate school award dated Christmas 1916. Additional pages detailing Ward Lock’s ’ “Gift Books, Prizes and Rewards” Book condition is relevant to age and use. $40.00$40SHIPPING OFFEREDKalamunda, WA•7w
- Salem Falls By Jodi Picoult Paper back Book *E1Jack buries his past, content to become the mysterious stranger who has appeared out of the blue. Addie, desperate for answers, must look into her heart -- and into Jack's lies and shadowy secrets -- for evidence that will condemn or redeem the man she has come to love. When Jack St. Bride arrives by chance in the sleepy New England town of Salem Falls, he decides to reinvent himself. Tall, blond, and handsome, Jack was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls' prep school -- until a$6SHIPPING OFFEREDSwan View, WA•76w
- FRENCH PAINTINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES HC/DJWhite hardcover with black imprinting to cover and spine, pages are unmarked. Includes 48 colour plates and a bibliography. Unclipped glossy dustjacket has creases to the front panel (see scan). Translated by Elisabeth Hoch. 49 pages, 24 x 21 cms, Corvina Press, first edition 1975. The attached photographs of the actual item form part of the description. Illustrated with reproductions of 48 paintings in the Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest. All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solu$9.95SHIPPING OFFEREDPerth, WA•15h
- THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN PHARMACY BOOK Joanna Tayler PB Natural TreatmentsA4 size softcover, crease to corner of cover, pages are unmarked. Includes illustrations, central colour insert including common herb guide, and an index. Please see scan for details of contents. 64 pages, 29.5 x 20.5 cms, Avenue Publications, 1985. The attached photographs of the actual item form part of the description. ISBN-10: 0958671710 A combination of traditional wisdom and modern science, with natural remedies for which you can probably find the ingredients in your kitchen. Many of thes$9.95SHIPPING OFFEREDPerth, WA•1d
- THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT (Kingsbridge #5) Ken Follett NEW 1st Ed HC/DJ 2023New blue hardcover with unclipped dustjacket and illustrated endpapers. 737 pages, 24 x 15.5 x 5 cms, Pan Macmillan, first edition 2023. The attached photographs of the actual item form part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781447278832 Kingsbridge 1792. Revolution is in the air. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France's neighbours are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the$18.95SHIPPING OFFEREDPerth, WA•2d
You don't have any recently viewed items
Any items you have viewed recently will be displayed here