Balram, nicknamed the White Tiger, is a simple guy from a typical Indian village, the poorest of the poor. His family has no property except a shack and a cart. Among his brothers and sisters, Balram is the most savvy and intelligent. He clearly deserves a better fate than the one in store for his peers in the village. The White Tiger breaks out into the city, where unprecedented and terrible adventures await him, where he will radically change his fate, where he will sink to the very bottom, and then fly to the very top. But “The White Tiger” is not at all a typical Indian melodrama about a millionaire from the slums, no, it is a revolutionary book, the purpose of which is to break stereotyped ideas about India, to show it as it really is. This is a country where Light retreats every day before Darkness, where fear and horror go hand in hand with fun and jokes. “The White Tiger” has caused a wave of emotions all over the world, some are indignant, others applaud the courage and talent of the young writer. The jury of the Booker Prize joined the latter, giving the main book prize of 2008 to Aravind Adiga and his magnificent novel. “The White Tiger” has everything: sharp and original ideas, brilliant style, irony and jokes, true feelings, but the main thing in the book is freedom and truth.