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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Ted Gioia
Jan 1, 2000
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How things change! The novel of social mobility was once a trademark of American fiction. Perhaps its transfer overseas is to be expected, but when India—the traditional home of a hidebound caste system—steps forward as the setting of a grand contemporary rags-to-riches story, the implications are clear. Even the world of fiction, it seems, is flat.

Then…

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