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Cover of The White Tiger

The White Tiger is the angriest funny book I know

On The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

It's written as a set of letters from a driver turned businessman to the Chinese premier, explaining how he got rich. He tells you early that he killed his employer. And you kind of like him, which is the trick of it.

If you've ever been in a Dhaka car where the driver sleeps downstairs and the owner never learns his surname, then parts of this will make you uncomfortable. It's meant to. Fast and nasty and very clever.

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