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I was not sure what to expect with this one. I had heard it was good when I bought it and it, but forgot about it until it fit a couple of reading challenges this season.
Blaram Halwai was born in the Darkness of India, but was not satisfied to become like the other males in his family. The reader knows he has "made it" from the start by having him tell his story as a batch of oral letters to the minister of China. For a week, Balram highlights the way he starts as an illiterate village boy to t ...more
Blaram Halwai was born in the Darkness of India, but was not satisfied to become like the other males in his family. The reader knows he has "made it" from the start by having him tell his story as a batch of oral letters to the minister of China. For a week, Balram highlights the way he starts as an illiterate village boy to t ...more
Both Balram and Ashok are trapped, both are very flawed characters, and both are forced to do to things they don't want to do. The fact that Adiga was able to make both Balram and Ashok sympathetic characters brings a lot of depth to this book.
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Awesome! A tongue-in-cheek reality check for the Indian society.
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