The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
Atlantic Books
292 pages
Read in 2012
Read as an ebook

"Balram Halwai, is a diminutive, overweight ex-teashop worker who now earns his living as a chauffeur. But this is only one side of his protean personality; he deals in confidence scams, over-ambitious business promotions (built on the shakiest of foundations) and enjoys approaching life with a philosophical turn of mind. But is Balram also a murderer ?"