Aravind Adiga's Books
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Between the AssassinationsNew work from the author of THE WHITE TIGER, NYT Bestseller and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008.Read More
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The White TigerThe White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, offers a story of contemporary India from a major new literary talent.Read More
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Times Online, November 13, 2009
...fails to drip down the social ladder, the hordes languishing at the bottom will turn hostile. Specifically, as Aravind Adiga observed in this case, they fear that their servants will not be able to resist the temptation to steal from or even murder them....
Deccan Herald, November 4, 2009
... New Delhi, Nov 4 ,Agencies : Booker Prize winners Aravind Adiga and Salman Rushdie have been named in the longlist for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a top recognition for a single work of fiction published in English...
Deccan Chronicle, November 4, 2009
...New Delhi, Nov. 4: Booker Prize winners Aravind Adiga and Salman Rushdie have been named in the longlist for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a top recognition for a single work of fiction published in English...
Times of India, November 4, 2009
... NEW DELHI: Booker Prize winners Aravind Adiga and Salman Rushdie have been named in the longlist for the 2010 International IMPAC , a top recognition for a single work of fiction published in English. US-based Indian writer...
Drogheda Independent, November 2, 2009
...full list can be viewed on www.impacdublinaward.ie The longlist includes entries like 2008 Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' and big names like Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Peter Carey, Kate Atkinson, Zoe Heller and Toni Morrison. The...
Telegraph, October 31, 2009
...Our literary insider Joe Allston on the trials of Booker-winner Aravind Adiga, Lynda LaPlante's weird logic, and John Le Carr's defection to Penguin By Joe Allston Published: 6:10AM GMT 31 Oct 2009 * Just when you thought the...
India Today, October 30, 2009
...Harper Collins India is still celebrating the stupendous success of Aravind Adiga's Man Booker prize- winning debut novel, The White Tiger, which has sold more than a lakh-and-a-half copies in hardback. On Thursday, it pulled off a coup by acquiring...
Asian Lite, October 29, 2009
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Yahoo! India, October 29, 2009
...29 (IANS) After winning the 2008 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, 'The White Tiger', Indian-born author Aravind Adiga will publish his second venture 'Last Man in the Tower' in early 2011, the author's publisher said Thursday. The Indian rights for...
Guardian.co.uk, October 27, 2009
...the six months he spent working in a contested Sudanese border town is competing with Booker prize winner Aravind Adiga for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Maskalyk's memoir, Six Months in Sudan, started life as a blog written from his hut in...
BBC, October 26, 2009
...Nigeria but moved to the US when she was 19 to study Award-winning novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Aravind Adiga will go head-to-head for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys literary prize. Adichie's short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck...
Air Force Times, October 12, 2009
...P. Jones? ?The Known World.? Since April, my obsession has been ?The White Tiger,? the first novel by Aravind Adiga about modern India. My pitch: It?s like Vito Corlone from ?The Godfather? had a love child with Ralph Ellison?s...
Chronicle Herald, October 8, 2009
...$80,000 and usually results in a bump in sales. Last year?s winner, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, for example, has sold 236,000 copies in paperback in the United States, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 70 per cent of retail sales....
Herald Scotland, October 8, 2009
...Hall has already sold 48,000 copies, according to UK publishing figures. Last year's gong went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has shifted more than half a million copies in the UK. South African author Coetzee made the shortlist with his...
Get Surrey, October 7, 2009
...000 prize money. The author follows in the footsteps of prestigious previous winners including last year?s victor, Aravind Adiga. Speaking to Get Surrey on Wednesday, Mantel said: ?I am feeling triumphant and tired. I had a very late night last night...
IAfrica.com, October 7, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year's winner was India's Aravind Adiga for his debut novel 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. 'Wolf Hall'...
New Straits Times, October 7, 2009
...pounds and all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last years winner was Indias Aravind Adiga for his debut novel The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Wolf...
Times of India, October 7, 2009
...one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes. Indian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian. Other writers...
Press and Journal, October 7, 2009
...Wolf Hall has already sold 48,000 copies, according to UK publishing figures. Last years gong went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has shifted more than half a million copies in the UK. South African author Coetzee made the shortlist with his...
Sowetan, October 7, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year?s winner was India?s Aravind Adiga for his debut novel ?The White Tiger?, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages....
Times of India, October 7, 2009
...one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes. Indian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian. Other writers...
AFP via Yahoo!, October 7, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year's winner was India's Aravind Adiga for his debut novel 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. 'Wolf Hall'...
DDI News, October 7, 2009
...one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes.: Indian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian. Other writers...
Indian Express, October 7, 2009
...one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes. Indian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian. Other writers...
Times of India, October 6, 2009
...one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes. Indian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian. Other writers...
Yahoo! News Australia, October 6, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year's winner was India's Aravind Adiga for his debut novel The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Mantel, 57,...
National Post, October 6, 2009
...comes with a £50,000 check, and a big push in sales. Last years winner, White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, has sold over 500,000 copies (Read ). While Mantel was the oddsmakers choice, she upset Nobel Prize winner J M Coetzee, who was another favorite. The...
NPR, October 6, 2009
...M. Coetzee. A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger,' has sold more than 500,000 copies and been translated into 30 languages...
New Zealand Herald, October 6, 2009
...s Book. A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. The prize always attracts bets from literary gamblers,...
Yahoo! UK and Ireland, October 6, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year's winner was India's Aravind Adiga for his debut novel "The White Tiger", which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Mantel, a...
Adelaide Now, October 6, 2009
...all but guarantees worldwide readership and a surge in book sales. Last year's winner was India's Aravind Adiga for his debut novel The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Mantel, 57, spent...
Sify, October 6, 2009
...M. Coetzee. A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger," has sold more than 500,000 copies and been translated into 30 languages...
Mail Online UK, October 6, 2009
...her to sell more than ten times that now she has won. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 different languages. The last favourite to win the Man Booker...
Macleans Online, October 6, 2009
...Book." A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger," has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. The prize always attracts bets from literary gamblers,...
Breitbart.com, October 6, 2009
...and all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for his debut novel 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Bookmakers...
Macleans Online, October 6, 2009
...Book." A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger," has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. The prize always attracts bets from literary gamblers,...
Dayton Daily News, October 6, 2009
...Book." A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger," has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. The prize always attracts bets from literary gamblers,...
Guardian Unlimited, October 6, 2009
...backed [2007 winner] Anne Enright's The Gathering at 12/1 and then put that money on [2008 winner] Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, you'd have had the equivalent of a 66/1 winner,' he said. 'For 10 years the favourite hasn't won.' Waters continues to...
Telegraph, September 24, 2009
...Short Stories (Harper, 1hr 48 mins, £13), equally collectable, suggests a project under way. Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga read by Kerry Shale 6 HRS 26 mins ABRIDGED, orion, £14.67 Buy now for £12.67 (PLUS £1.25 p&p) from Telegraph...
The South African, September 15, 2009
...for £50,000 and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the prize recognises...
Taiwan News Online, September 10, 2009
...pounds (US$83,000) and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for 'The White Tiger,' which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the prize...
Mirror.co.uk, September 10, 2009
...only book anyone wants to back, and considerably fewer want to read. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 different languages. Be warned - the English...
India Today, September 9, 2009
...Indian authors, including last year's winner Aravind Adiga, are conspicuous by their absence in this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist. Nine previous Booker winners including Adiga and Salman Rushdie submitted their entries for the award but...
IAfrica.com, September 9, 2009
...000 (R615 000) and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the prize recognises...
Straits Times, September 9, 2009
...pounds (S$118,000) and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the prize recognises...
Daily Dispatch, September 9, 2009
...£50000 pounds (about R620000) and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last years prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger. The book has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the...
The Independent, September 8, 2009
...an annual festival of 'global English' or even 'post-colonial fiction' gathered pace year by year, right up to Aravind Adiga's success with The White Tiger in 2008. Now what happens? Just as an economic crisis and the narrowed horizons it compels...
The Hindu, September 8, 2009
...the judges deliberately avoiding ticking boxes, as one of them put it. Last years award was won by Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, and in 2006 Kiran Desai got it for The Inheritance of Loss. J.M. Coetzee and A.S. Byatt, both previous winners, are...
OfficialWire, September 8, 2009
..." Mantel for "Wolf Hall;" Mawer for "The Glass Room;" and Waters for "The Little Stranger." Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Booker Prize for "The White Tiger." Contact OfficialWire OfficialWire NewsDesk wire@officialwire.com Tel: +44 (0) 758-845-6978 Posted...
Daily Express, September 8, 2009
...worldwide recognition - as well as £50,000 prize money. Last year's winner, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, has sold over half a million copies in Britain and has been translated into 39 languages. The chair of judges, broadcaster and author James...
Breitbart.com, September 8, 2009
...83,000 dollars) and inevitably leads to a huge jump in sales. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for 'The White Tiger', which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Now in its 41st year, the prize recognises...
Telegraph, September 8, 2009
...leads to a huge jump in sales, as well as international acclaim. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 different languages. Completing the shortlist of...
M2, September 8, 2009
...an academic, journalist and broadcaster; and Sue Perkins, a comedian, journalist and broadcaster. The winner last year was Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has been translated into 39 languages and achieved sales of over half a million copies....
Irish Times, September 8, 2009
...to a huge jump in sales, as well as international acclaim. Last years Man Booker was won by Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger , which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 39 different languages. This years winner will be announced...
Telegraph, September 8, 2009
...leads to a huge jump in sales, as well as international acclaim. Last year's prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 different languages. Completing the shortlist of...
Times Online, September 8, 2009
...leads to a huge jump in sales, as well as international acclaim. Last year?s prize went to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold more than half a million copies and been translated into 30 different languages. Completing the shortlist of...
BBC, September 8, 2009
...prize during a ceremony at London's Guildhall on 6 October. Last year's award was won by Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 39 languages. 'We're thrilled to be able to announce such a...
Irish Times, September 8, 2009
...to a huge jump in sales, as well as international acclaim. Last years Man Booker was won by Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger , which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 39 different languages. This years winner will be announced...
Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2009
...Cost for the series is $195 plus tax. Call 514-844-7752. Wednesday Larry Weller reviews The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, 9:30 a.m. at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Ave. Cost: $8. Call 514-937-3575. Thursday The Jewish Public Library holds its...
Strausnews, August 27, 2009
...September, the club will meet on Sept. 12 instead. This month?s book selection is ?The White Tiger? by Aravind Adiga. The book jacket reads: ?Balram?s eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can.? Balram Halwai is the main character. Books picked for...
First Post, August 10, 2009
...is 'too much druggy humour'. Pynchon is 'proof that talent and good taste need not go together', said Aravind Adiga in the Times: brilliant writing goes hand in hand with tedious caricature. Even so, this novel is very enjoyable â' 'the perfect point...
Khabrein.info, August 6, 2009
...Other Rooms, Other Wonders' Author: Daniyal Mueenuddin Publisher: Random House Price: Rs.395 4. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395 5. 'The Case of the Missing Servant' Author: Tarquin Hall Publisher:...
Wales Online, August 5, 2009
...Ghandi, crime fiction by Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill and Lee Child, and literary fiction by Ian McEwan and Aravind Adiga. Top Reads in the House of Commons: 1. A View from the Foothills by Chris Mullin 2. D-Day: the Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor 3....
The Australian, August 3, 2009
...publishers and to keep up to date with writers festivals and literary awards. TIGER BURNING BRIGHT Honorary Australian Aravind Adiga, who won the Booker last year for his debut novel The White Tiger, gets a mostly favourable review from the TLS for his...
Express Buzz, July 30, 2009
...19th century in feel.' With the Booker having been won recently by Indians Kiran Desai in 2006 and Aravind Adiga this year, Baddiel said the fact that Indian novels are 'so beloved of the judges may form another plank of my prejudice.' 'Generally, in my...
Pink News, July 30, 2009
...war zone and a futuristic Brazilian city among other places.? The award, given annually, went last year to Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger. Among the judges making up the 2009 panel are Michael Prodger, Literary Editor of the Sunday Telegraph,...
The Age, July 29, 2009
...Booker Prize nomination all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won in 2008. A total of 42 books have won the prize since it was launched in 1969, because the award was shared in 1974 and...
Buffalo News, July 29, 2009
...The Booker is open to writers from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth. Last years Booker Prize went to Aravind Adiga for his debut novel, The White Tiger...
Buffalo News, July 29, 2009
...The Booker is open to writers from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth. Last years Booker Prize went to Aravind Adiga for his debut novel, The White Tiger...
Times Online, July 29, 2009
...from seven previous winners, including Margaret Atwood, Penelope Lively, Thomas Keneally, John Banville and last year?s winner Aravind Adiga. Books by Nick Hornby and David Peace also missed out...
Times Online, July 29, 2009
...from seven previous winners, including Margaret Atwood, Penelope Lively, Thomas Keneally, John Banville and last year?s winner Aravind Adiga. Books by Nick Hornby and David Peace also missed out...
Yahoo! News Australia, July 28, 2009
...Booker Prize nomination all but guarantees worldwide readership and an upsurge in book sales. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won in 2008. A total of 42 books have won the prize since it was launched in 1969, because the award was shared in 1974 and...
Times Online, July 28, 2009
...from seven previous winners, including Margaret Atwood, Penelope Lively, Thomas Keneally, John Banville and last year?s winner Aravind Adiga. Books by Nick Hornby and David Peace also missed out...
CBC Sudbury, July 28, 2009
...shortlist of six books will be revealed on Sept. 8, and the winner will be named in October. Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger...
Yahoo! News Australia, July 24, 2009
...LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hanif Kureishi has signed on to write the screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning novel 'The White Tiger,' which explores India's economic rise to power through the eyes of a young man from a poor,...
Yahoo! News Australia, July 24, 2009
...LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hanif Kureishi has signed on to write the screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning novel 'The White Tiger,' which explores India's economic rise to power through the eyes of a young man from a poor,...
The Independent, July 23, 2009
...can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world. The Indian writer Aravind Adiga won the Booker Prize last year for The White Tiger, a story of an Indian slum kid who rises to riches by killing his boss. Now he has...
Irish Times, July 22, 2009
...While his books deal with the life of Indias less fortunate, Booker winner Aravind Adiga casts aside suggestions hes a social crusader, writes FIONA McCANN IVE FAILED at just about everything Ive tried, says Aravind Adiga with convincing diffidence....
Deccan Herald, July 20, 2009
...Booker Prize winning author Aravind Adiga has come in for praise from leading British newspapers for his new book -- a collection of stories titled 'Between the Assassinations'. ''With Between the Assassinations, Adiga has certainly...
India eNews, July 17, 2009
...The marketing campaign for the Man Booker winning novel, 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga, has bagged the 'Excellence Award (best book)' of the Asian Multimedia Publishing Award 2009. The campaign was adjudged the best for using multimedia marketing by...
The Scotsman, July 17, 2009
...Between Assassinations by Arvind AdigaAtlantic, 320pp, £14.99Review by NIRPAL DHALIWAL AFTER WINNING THE BOOKER Prize last year, Aravind Adiga was heralded as a bold and entirely new voice, writing about India's dystopic reality in unpretentious,...
The Independent, July 12, 2009
...Osbourne, Jack Dee and Peter Kay. Publishers who dared to take a punt on previously unpublished authors (think Aravind Adiga, whose debut novel won the Booker prize last year), are now preferring to hand seven-figure advances to guaranteed big-hitters...
This is Kent, July 9, 2009
...Day of the Storm has gone out over 200 times since 1994. 'More recent books like Booker prizewinner Aravind Adiga's White Tiger and Khaled Homeini's bestseller, The Kiterunner, which was made into a film, are always in demand here too.' With the latest...
Times Online, July 3, 2009
...Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker prize last year for his first novel,The White Tiger, which brilliantly exposed the inhuman attitudes of Indias wealthy elite. After such a triumphant debut...
Examiner.com, July 2, 2009
...Brown's digital baby, The Daily Beast, the book page has launched its own book club, beginning with Aravind Adiga's follow up to The White Tiger, , described on the site as follows: 'A series of interconnected stories set in the fictional city of Kittur,...
NPR, June 30, 2009
...Writer Aravind Adiga won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his novel Now, he has a book of 14 short stories set between the assassinations of two Indian leaders one in 1984...
Guardian Unlimited, June 18, 2009
...Potato Peel Pie Society against Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia, Diana Athill's memoir Somewhere Towards the End against Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger. 'They're not the supermarkets' or the chains' choices ? they're our choices,' said Vivian Archer of...
Dallas Morning News, June 14, 2009
...on. Every time you turn around another new and extremely gifted South Asian writer appears on the scene. Aravind Adiga, whose novel The White Tiger won last year's Man Booker Prize in England, offers a theory. India and China are the nations of the...
National Post, June 10, 2009
...In 2005, Indian author Aravind Adiga left behind a career in journalism to pursue his passion: writing fiction. Soon, he was immersed in writing not one, but two books. Three years later, he was feted...
Thelondonpaper, June 9, 2009
...his relationship with an older woman named Hanna in the context of the Holocaust. The White Tiger from Aravind Adiga, which won the 2008 Man Booker Prize and charts the story of Balram Halwai, an overweight ex-teashop worker who now earns his living as a...
National Post, June 6, 2009
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Time Out New York, June 3, 2009
...The timing behind the publication of Aravind Adiga?s Between the Assassinations appears almost perfect. Last year, he gained notoriety when he won the Booker Prize for his excellent first novel, The White Tiger, the story of...
ABC News, May 25, 2009
...on high-class call girls and ends up in a moral quandry herself. 'The White Tiger: A Novel,' by Aravind Adiga I was totally convinced this was a trashy read. Turns out this novel won the prestigious Man Booker prize in 2008. The book was way too much fun...
Arab News, May 13, 2009
...compilation of e-mails between friends in the form of a novel. 2008 Man Booker Prize winning Indian author Aravind Adiga shares Al-Sanea's fascination with e-mails. Adiga's hero Balram Halwai learns about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's plans to visit...
Yahoo! India, April 30, 2009
...Who Played with Fire' Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Quercus Price: Rs.299.00 8. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395.00 9. 'The Women' Author: T.C. Boyle Publisher: Bloomsbury Price: Rs.599.00 10. 'Assegai'...
ABC Online, April 15, 2009
...adaptation. Smuggler Films, the newly formed company of producer John Hart (Revolutionary Road), has acquired the rights to Aravind Adiga's debut novel for its first project. The book, which took Britain's top literary prize last year, tells the story of...
Indiewire, April 15, 2009
...announced today their acquisition of the rights to 2008 Man Booker Prize Winner, ?The White Tiger,? written by Aravind Adiga. The novel explores the hypocrisies and chaos of contemporary India through the darkly humorous voice of Balram Halwai....
Yahoo! News Australia, April 15, 2009
...film adaptation. Smuggler Films, the newly formed company of producer John Hart ('Revolutionary Road'), has acquired rights to Aravind Adiga's debut novel for its first project. The book, which took Britain's top literary prize last year, tells the story...
Reuters, April 15, 2009
...film adaptation. Smuggler Films, the newly formed company of producer John Hart ('Revolutionary Road'), has acquired rights to Aravind Adiga's debut novel for its first project. The book, which took Britain's top literary prize last year, tells the story...
Culture - Republic of Macedonia, April 11, 2009
...) - 'The White Tiger,' Booker prize winning novel by Aravind Adiga and Atiq Rahimi's 'Stone of Patience,' the winner of Gonkur are offered at the Book Fair by Tri Publisher. 'The White Tiger' is an exiting and shocking novel...
In The News.co.uk, April 4, 2009
...Dawn French. But the president missed out on the author of the year award to Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga, who saw his The White Tiger come out on top over The Audacity of Hope. At last night's London awards, hosts Richard and Judy presented Michael...
North Wales Weekly News, April 4, 2009
...economic downturn, on Friday left for Strasbourg. The president was beaten in another category by Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga, who was named the Borders Author of the Year for his novel The White Tiger. Mr Obama had been shortlisted for The Audacity...
Kerryman, April 4, 2009
...for Dreams of My Father. He was beaten to the Author of the Year prize by Booker winner Aravind Adiga for his novel The White Tiger...
Devon Herald Express, April 3, 2009
...economic downturn, on Friday left for Strasbourg. The president was beaten in another category by Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga, who was named the Borders Author of the Year for his novel The White Tiger. Mr Obama had been shortlisted for The Audacity...
The Times South Africa, April 3, 2009
...Clustering, ? ? the most popular document in the Academic and Research category with 145 000 views ? and Aravind Adiga?s Booker Prize winner White Tiger (you can also pick up some Ian McEwan, Bukowski, Salman Rushdie, Ken Follett) which has been...
India eNews, March 26, 2009
...My Assassins' Author: Tarun J. Tejpal Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.495.00 6. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395.00 7. 'Sea of Poppies' Author: Amitav Ghosh Publisher: Penguin Viking Price: Rs.599.00 8....
Marieclaire.co.uk, March 25, 2009
...of 2008, underlining their importance to publishing houses. By contrast, the best selling author of serious literary fiction, Aravind Adiga, who won the MAN Booker Prize for The White Tiger, only managed to reach 150th place. His debut novel achieved...
Telegraph, March 24, 2009
...of 2008, underlining their importance to publishing houses. By contrast, the best selling author of serious literary fiction, Aravind Adiga, who won the MAN Booker Prize for The White Tiger, only managed to reach 150th place. His debut novel achieved...
Khaleej Times, March 22, 2009
...The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Q & A by Vikas Swarup and The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, the last three being in the top five of the favourites chosen. Juma Al Qubaisi, Director of ADIBF and the National Library in Abu Dhabi told Khaleej Times that...
New York Times, March 20, 2009
...more women than men, but lately Ive been pushing two male writers: I thought ?The White Tiger? by Aravind Adiga was just perfect. I keep remembering the scene in which the narrators boss fingers progressively smaller bills in his wallet before giving...
New Yorker, March 12, 2009
...honors, pitting him against writers such as Rose Tremain, Sebastian Barry, and last year?s Booker Prize winner, Aravind Adiga. In Colombia, memoirs by former hostages are top sellers. The writer Kaye Gibbons has pled guilty to fraudulently filling...
The Age, March 11, 2009
...pipped Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Joan London, New Zealander Paula Morris and last year's Man Booker winner, Aravind Adiga, to the award. Adiga's The White Tiger was also shortlisted for the best first novel prize that went to Mo Zhi Hong for The Year of...
Guardian Unlimited, March 11, 2009
...Aravind Adiga. Photograph: Mark Pringle Aravind Adiga's second work of fiction, which he wrote in parallel with his Booker prize-winning novel The White Tiger, will be published this July, his...
Guardian Unlimited, March 11, 2009
...Aravind Adiga. Photograph: Mark Pringle Aravind Adiga's second work of fiction, which he wrote in parallel with his Booker prize-winning novel The White Tiger, will be published this July, his...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, March 10, 2009
...Bookseller. Others to get best author nods are Rose Tremain, Diana Athill, Costa prize winner Sebastian Barry and Aravind Adiga, who picked up the 2008 Booker prize. Tom Rob Smith's thriller Child 44 gets nominations in both the newcomer and the crime...
Guardian Unlimited, March 10, 2009
...his political memoir The Audacity of Hope, alongside Stephanie Meyer's conclusion to her vampire tetralogy Breaking Dawn, Aravind Adiga's Booker prize-winning The White Tiger, and Diana Athill's memoir of old age Somewhere Towards the End. Obama is also...
Eircom.net, March 10, 2009
...is also in the running. The Borders Author of the Year shortlist includes a number of literary champions. Aravind Adiga, who won the 2008 Man Booker Prize with The White Tiger is up against Sebastian Barry, who walked away with the Costa Book of the Year...
BBC, March 9, 2009
...Bookseller. Others to get best author nods are Rose Tremain, Diana Athill, Costa prize winner Sebastian Barry and Aravind Adiga, who picked up the 2008 Booker prize. Tom Rob Smith's thriller Child 44 gets nominations in both the newcomer and the crime...
Yahoo! India, March 5, 2009
...Played with Fire' Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Maclehose Press Price: Rs.495.00 7. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395.00 8. 'The Story of My Assassins' Author: Tarun J Tejpal Publisher: Harper Collins...
Abu Dhabi National, March 1, 2009
...the Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk?s classic Snow and the 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. The idea is simple: UAE residents vote for their pick of the list by text message and the winning book will be announced on March...
Mail Online UK, February 28, 2009
...This month's Reading Group Choice: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Atlantic Books, £7.99) Balram Halwai is someone willing to do the right thing, but the harsh realities of life at the bottom of the pile in the hothouse...
Yahoo! India, February 27, 2009
...New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) 'Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity' by Sam Miller and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga maintained their respective positions atop the non-fiction and fiction bestseller lists this week. A list of the top 10 in each category:...
Topnews.in, February 26, 2009
...despite being the President of this organisation, I could not voice my opinion.' He was rooting personally for Aravind Adiga's White Tiger and Kunal Basu's The Japanese Wife for the award. 'I feel this issue needs immediate attention, and I will...
New Yorker, February 22, 2009
...for this year?s Commonwealth Writers? Prize include Uwem Akpan?s ?Say You?re One of Them? and Aravind Adiga?s ?The White Tiger.? ?I thought I was lucky to make some money, then lucky to make a living, then lucky to be a...
Sydney Morning Herald, February 19, 2009
...ARAVIND ADIGA, the Indian-born Australian author who won last year's Man Booker Prize, has scored a double shortlisting in the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize. The regional shortlists were announced yesterday...
CBC, February 19, 2009
...and South Asia are Salman Rushdie for The Enchantress of Florence and Philip Hensher for The Northern Clemency. Aravind Adiga of Australia has two nominations, best first book for his explosive debut, The White Tiger, and best book for Between the...
Globe and Mail, February 18, 2009
...announced in New Zealand on May 16. They'll be up against writers such as Salman Rushdie and Aravind Adiga. Update: The Guardian's take on the nominations. Start the Conversation, Leave a Comment This conversation is semi-moderated What is moderation? |...
AllAfrica.com, February 18, 2009
...Nigeria's unique mix of ethnicities with the Commonwealth. In the South East Asia and the Pacific category Aravind Adiga claims a double nomination for Best Book and Best First Book, as the talented Indian author produced a second title in the same year...
Yahoo! India, February 13, 2009
...Millionaire' Author: Vikas Swarup Publisher: Black Swan Price: £3.50 (Rs.246.00) 2. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395.00 3. 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders' Author: Daniyal Mueenuddin Publisher: Random...
Bellingham Herald, February 10, 2009
...winner, 'Tree of Smoke' by Denis Johnson, followed by the 2008 Booker Prize winner, 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga. Although Cole is too humble to say so, he must be doing something right to be chosen to edit such manuscripts. Well-known novelist...
Yahoo! India, February 5, 2009
...Ten out of Ten' Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: Macmillan Price: Rs.399.00 2. 'The White Tiger' Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Harper Collins Price: Rs.395.00 3. 'The Story of My Assassins' Author: Tarun J. Tejpal Publisher: Harper Collins Price:...
DNA India, February 4, 2009
...1. Where was US president Barack Hussein Obama born? Hawaii Kenya Indonesia 2. Complete the title of Obama's book: Dreams... from My Father of Hope of Change 3. Who was the other Indian author to be short-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2008 along with...
Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 2009
...they read. Outside India , we may swoon over literary types like Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Arundhati Roy, and Aravind Adiga, but inside India itself, despite winning the Booker Prize, Adiga?s ?The White Tiger? has sold only 100,000 copies. The...
Yahoo! Canada, January 28, 2009
...structural weaknesses in the book.' Barry was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year but lost out to Aravind Adiga, who took the award for his novel 'The White Tiger'. Accepting the award, he said 'The Secret Scripture' was inspired by something that...
Khabrein.info, January 27, 2009
...only art of India the ?goras? appreciate is the art of degrading India. The enormous appreciation earned by Aravind Adiga for his book ?White Tiger? is the best example. I would rate it as the most disgusting book I have ever read. I could feel...
Yahoo! UK and Ireland, January 27, 2009
...structural weaknesses in the book.' Barry was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year but lost out to Aravind Adiga, who took the award for his novel 'The White Tiger.' The Costa Book Award, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, was established in 1971...
ABC Online, January 27, 2009
...also nominated for the 2008 Booker Prize - Britain's most prestigious literary award. It lost out to Aravind Adiga. The Costa Book awards, which started life in 1971 as the Whitbread Literary Awards before Costa Coffee took over sponsorship in 2006, give...
Breitbart.com, January 27, 2009
...structural weaknesses in the book.' Barry was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year but lost out to Aravind Adiga, who took the award for his novel 'The White Tiger.' The Costa Book Award, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, was established in 1971...
Yahoo! India, January 21, 2009
...of the bestseller chart in the non-fiction category this week, while Booker Prize winner 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga stayed on top of the list in the fiction section. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1. 'Empires of...
Press Trust of India, January 18, 2009
...Kathmandu, Jan 18 (PTI) Indian author Aravind Adiga's novel 'The White Tiger', which had won the prestigious Booker Prize for 2008, has triggered a debate in Nepal over what is being alleged as negative 'stereotyping' of...
NDTV, January 18, 2009
...Indian author Aravind Adiga's novel The White Tiger, which had won the prestigious Booker Prize for 2008, has triggered a debate in Nepal over what is being alleged as negative 'stereotyping' of...
Yahoo! India, January 16, 2009
...New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) 'Imagining India ...' by Nandan Nilekani and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga stay on top of the bestseller lists here this week, in the non-fiction and fiction categories respectively. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction...
DNA India, January 12, 2009
...When I came to Mumbai six years back, celebrity spotting was high on my agenda. You could find me staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at any glamorous face in chic shades, wondering if it were Karishma Kapoor or Urmila Matondkar. Now, I am a seasoned...
Guardian Unlimited, January 6, 2009
...17 times, variously described as 'a great American novel' and 'suspenseful, artful, psychologically pitch-perfect, and a wonderful read'. Aravind Adiga's Booker-winning The White Tiger, meanwhile, picked up just seven 'book of the year' nominations. This...
Reuters, January 5, 2009
...he has been nominated for what is arguably Britain's most prestigious literary award. He lost out to Aravind Adiga. Costa organizers described Athill's Somewhere Toward the End as a book about 'what it means to be old and to face death every day, but...
Money Saving Expert Forums, January 1, 2009
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Press Trust of India, December 30, 2008
...writers, publishers rolling out bestsellers and several new authors spinning stories, Indian literature in 2008 saw them all! Aravind Adiga brought cheers to the nation when his novel 'The White Tiger,' an ironic take on the new India with its...
Calcutta Telegraph, December 29, 2008
...told us the clue was to remain cool), Aditya easily identified a number of celebrities but he thought Aravind Adiga to be the filmmaker Ashutosh Gowarikar, while Claudia Ciesla was a ?charming American sprinter? (Claudia, we are sure, will look...
The Statesman, December 28, 2008
...intertwines haunting historical atmosphere with sharp ~ sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking ~ storytelling.' l The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga: 'The White Tiger is a compelling first novel about the new India that is growing roots all around...
The Hindu, December 26, 2008
...Thiruvananthapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam THE YEAR THAT WAS... DIVYA KUMAR lists some highlights in the world of fiction From Aravind Adiga to Jeffrey Archer, Jhumpa Lahiri to J.K. Rowling, and some Chetan Bhagat thrown in for good measure? there was...
Hindustan Times, December 25, 2008
...bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's Imagining India atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list....
Blogcritics.org, December 24, 2008
...White Tiger by Aravind Adiga has already won the Man Booker Prize, and is being hailed universally by the critics for its virtues in presenting a narrative quite different from the Bollywood capers and...
Keral.com, December 24, 2008
...T'PURAM: This year's booker prize winner 'The White Tiger', written by Aravind Adiga was in great demand at the book fair here, organisers said. 'There is a good response from the people for the fair. The english books are doing well compared...
The Hindu, December 23, 2008
... Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): This year's booker prize winner 'The White Tiger', written by Aravind Adiga was in great demand at the book fair here, organisers said. 'There is a good response from the people for the fair. The english books are doing well...
The Times, December 19, 2008
...the Man Booker Prize could be judged anonymously. And speaking of that prize: I'm delighted to welcome Aravind Adiga, this year's winner for The White Tiger, on to these pages with his beautiful Christmas story. I hope you all have a peaceful holiday....
Ein News, December 18, 2008
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Guardian Unlimited, December 18, 2008
...There's a rich vein of snobbery in the literary world that thinks reading is about the new Aravind Adiga or the latest Philip Hensher, , is it? Publishers are kept afloat by a tide of middlebrow titles that nobody ever really talks about. Price's writing...
Yahoo! India, December 11, 2008
...Dec 11 (IANS) Corporate honcho Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' continues to dominate non-fiction this week, as does Aravind Adiga in the fiction category of bestsellers. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1. 'Imagining...
New York Observer, December 9, 2008
...Aravind Adiga, whose novel The White Tiger won this year's Booker Prize, has signed a new contract with Free Press, his U.S. publisher. Free Press will put out a...
The Times, December 5, 2008
...story with extraordinary grace and honesty. Thoughtful, moving and shot through with sly humour. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Atlantic, 12.99/11.69 The Man Booker winner is not one of those thoughtful epics about the India of history, but a brash,...
San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2008
...Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: A wonderful story of survival and friendship. White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga: Witty, suspenseful, gorgeously written book set in modern-day India; now in paperback. The Heretic's Daughter, by Kathleen Kent:...
The News International, November 28, 2008
...and its financial hub Mumbai need new leadership that is better equipped to fight terrorism, Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga said in a newspaper article Saturday. Adiga, who was born in Chennai but now lives in Mumbai, slammed authorities in the city...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 26, 2008
...Civil War than anyone who was actually there' Hitchings The Secret Life of Words beat out Booker winner Aravind Adiga to collect the 5,000 prize...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 25, 2008
...Civil War than anyone who was actually there' Hitchings The Secret Life of Words beat out Booker winner Aravind Adiga to collect the 5,000 prize...
PublishersWeekly.com, November 25, 2008
...Civil War than anyone who was actually there' Hitchings The Secret Life of Words beat out Booker winner Aravind Adiga to collect the 5,000 prize...
Malaysia Sun, November 22, 2008
...19th century in feel.' With the Booker having been won recently by Indians Kiran Desai in 2006 and Aravind Adiga this year, Baddiel said the fact that Indian novels are 'so beloved of the judges may form another plank of my prejudice.' 'Generally, in my...
Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2008
...brilliant acting and 'beautifully chiseled features.' Indeed... ah, what was I saying? Oh yeah -- 34-year-old Indian author Aravind Adiga also makes the list. His debut novel, 'The White Tiger,' won the Man Booker Prize this year; Adiga, as Salon says,...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, October 7, 2009
...$80,000 for her novel, "Wolf Hall"--a historical biography about Henry VIII's adviser, Thomas Cromwell . Last year Aravind Adiga won the annual prize for "The White Tiger." According to The Daily Beast , the judges included (among others) a TV...
Life and Times of a "New" New Yorker, October 7, 2009
...you like it? Here's the list: 2009 Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel 2008 The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga 2007 The Gathering - Anne Enright 2006 The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai 2005 The Sea - John Banville 2004 The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst 2003...
Reverbiage: Stories from NPR, October 6, 2009
...M. Coetzee. A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year's winner, Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger," has sold more than 500,000 copies and been translated into 30 languages. ...
Blowin' In The Wind, October 5, 2009
...for The God Of Small Things in 1997, Kiran Desai for The Inheritance Of Loss in 2006 and Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger last year. This video shows the shortlist being announced earlier this month. (Another video at the end of this post.) Coetzee, the...
The Lonely Librarian, October 1, 2009
...liked the book as well, as it turned out. It didn’t win though, the prize went to Aravind Adiga’s “The White Tiger”. So this year, I decided to continue the “tradition” and read another short listed book. The choice was easy this time, as the...
Naked Without Books!, September 16, 2009
...Steinbeck and A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. What is the last book you bought? White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time? More than one. I wish...
Hello, My Name Is Alice, September 15, 2009
...Burnett Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Earthsea Series by Ursula K. Le Guin* The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Angel Unaware by Elizabeth Sinclair Angels & Demons by Dan Brown * There are six books in this series. Please pick 1 out of the 6...
Montgomery City County Public Library, Montgomery,, August 25, 2009
...Lecture” by Randy Pausch “Milk And Honey” by Faye Kellerman “Shawshand Redemption” by Stephen King “White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga “Callisto” by Torsten Krol “Glitter Baby” by Susan Phillips “Gone Tomorrow” by Lee Child ...
Dhammonia, August 16, 2009
...Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Lewis Wolpert White Tiger by Aravind Adiga In a frantic but futile denial of the fact that I return to Bombay t'row morning, I made some buys to soothe my agitated mind...
Literary License (short reviews, real opinions), August 14, 2009
...of a character from her new novel), while others use it to complain about bad reviews (Alice Hoffman). Aravind Adiga, the Booker Prize winning author of The White Tiger , uses Twitter to connect with his readers so he can avoid book tours. There’s...
baithak, August 5, 2009
...can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world. The Indian writer Aravind Adiga won the Booker Prize last year for The White Tiger, a story of an Indian slum kid who rises to riches by killing his boss. Now he has...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, July 31, 2009
...The 2008 Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga is leading the first edition of a digital book club at The Daily Beast , exploring his new novel, " Between the Assassinations ." In an essay about his writing...
MoJo Articles, June 9, 2009
...Make a Donation Leave A Legacy Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Terms of Service...
Literanista, May 15, 2009
...and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Aravind Adiga Free Food for Millionaires By Min Jin Lee The God of Small Things: A Novel by Arundhati Roy Trail of Crumbs By Kim Sunée A Fine Balance by Rohinton...
Shelf Life, May 8, 2009
...husband's sister and his cousin, both voracious readers whose tastes generally mesh with mine. Our cousin mentioned Aravind Adiga's Booker-prize-winning novel The White Tiger as a must-read. It's now more firmly on my list! My BookMooched...
Applying philosophy to life, May 7, 2009
...Aravind Adiga’s “The White Tiger” is a story of a man, Balram Halwai, born in some village in north India who goes on to become a driver in Dhanbad, robs...
Qwaider Planet, May 1, 2009
...Jonah Lehrer. Istanbul: Memories and the City , by Orhan Pamuk. The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) , Aravind Adiga. Outliers: The Story of Success , by Malcolm Gladwell. Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions , by Zachary Shore. Share and...
Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions, April 23, 2009
...of a Geisha-Arthur Golden The Adoration of Jenna Fox-Mary E Pearson Wintergirls- Laurie Halse Anderson The White Tiger- Aravind Adiga Q&A-Vikas Swarup The Host-Stephenie Meyer Atonement-Ian McEwen My Sister’s Keeper- Jodie Picoult Revolutionary Road-...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, April 20, 2009
...to build the catalog to 20,000 titles by the end of the year. The initial selection includes Aravind Adiga 's Booker Prize-winning "The White Tiger," Dan Brown 's "Angels & Demons," and Mark Levin 's "Liberty and Tyranny." Go Spoken founder, author,...
Pratham Books, April 13, 2009
...shoulders with Mario Puzo's Godfather; Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies flanking Suketu Mehta's Maximum City; Aravind Adiga's and Kiran Desai's Booker-winning titles White Tiger and Inheritance of Loss cheek-by-jowl with that old Bates' guide on how to...
Living under Zog, April 5, 2009
...readers every month. Many have been uploaded illegally. Last week the publishers of JK Rowling, Ken Follett and Aravind Adiga took action to remove books that had been illegally published on the site. Scribd.com complied, but what is interesting is the...
Literary License (short reviews, real opinions), April 5, 2009
...Palin Best Read - When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson Author of the Year - Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger Crime Thriller - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Popular Fiction - Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks New Writer - Tom...
Eideard, April 4, 2009
...owing to more pressing commitments at the NATO summit. The president was beaten to a second award by Aravind Adiga who took home author of the year for his Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger. Obama’s political thesis, The Audacity of Hope, had...
Latest News, April 4, 2009
...fought off competition from Paul O”Grady and Dawn French to take the biography prize. Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga, who was named the Borders Author of the Year for his novel The White Tiger, pushed Obama to the second spot. Obama’’s political...
Bart's Bookshelf, April 4, 2009
...When Will There Be Good News - Kate Atkinson (Published by Black Swan) Borders Author of the Year Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger (Published by Atlantic Books) Tesco Biography of the Year Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama (Published by Canongate) ...
PAXALLES, April 3, 2009
...owing to more pressing commitments at the Nato summit. The president was beaten to a second award by Aravind Adiga who took home author of the year for his Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger. Obama's political thesis, The Audacity of Hope, had...
IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...), April 3, 2009
...the biggest of the night the Galaxy Book of the Year and the play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award. Aravind Adiga had already won the Man Booker Prize for The White Tiger (Atlantic), but he added the Borders Author of the Year at tonight's "Nibbies". ...
Conversational Reading, April 1, 2009
...Lives : Publishers, agents, and authors such as J.K. Rowling, Nick Hornby, John Grisham, Salman Rusdie, Ian McEwan, Aravind Adiga and Ken Follett were alarmed yesterday to learn that the American website Scribd has been posting entire copies of their...
Christchurch City Libraries Blog, March 23, 2009
...really rubbish literary pundit. When the Commonwealth Writers Prize regional shortlists were announced I put my money on Aravind Adiga to at least make it through to the semis. Twas not to be however and I am left to reflect upon the fact that projecting...
Galaxy British Book Awards Blog, March 21, 2009
...her list. George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, an account of the Spanish Civil War, is one of Aravind Adiga’s choices, and is already seeing a boost in sales with April 1st marking the sixtieth anniversary of Franco’s victory. It’s one of only...
Sam's Book Blog, March 20, 2009
...The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls I Choose To Be Happy by Missy Jenkins The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Blindness by Jose Saramago The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie A Madness of...
Razor-blade of Life, March 19, 2009
...70p per book. 9 books. Blimey. On a book theme, I'm presently reading The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, which won the Booker last year. Any of you read it? Especially my Indian friends? It's pretty cynical about India - I'd be very interested to know...
'kl, March 17, 2009
...it's hard to say what the country is actually like, but it's fair to say that Aravind Adiga's debut novel, The White Tiger , has been such a success in America because it's what one imagines we would say the country is like. The rags-to-riches narrative...
baithak, March 12, 2009
...Aravind Adiga's second work of fiction, which he wrote in parallel with his Booker prize -winning novel The White Tiger, will be published this July, his publisher Atlantic Books has...
Benjamin Solah, Marxist horror writer, March 7, 2009
...am quite proud to announce I finished The White Tiger in a little over two weeks. And to Aravind Adiga’s credit, this had more to do with the book than any sort of change in my own behaviour. I picked The White Tiger up at Southern Cross train...
Hate My Way, March 3, 2009
...So the fifth edition of the Powell’s Books / The Morning News Tournament of Books just released the brackets for the competition. The Contenders: The White Tiger -Aravind Adiga 2666 - Roberto Bolano A Partisan’s Daughter - Louis de Bernieres The...
/me.tm(r)fim/, February 20, 2009
...debt, I call them, as a collective) that remain to be read. Charles Stross’s The Atrocity Archives , Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger , Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and three issues of the esteemed London Review of Books...
Christchurch City Libraries Blog, February 19, 2009
...van de Zijpp for Misconduct (both nominated in the Best First Book category). My money would be on Aravind Adiga to win something given his double nomination. His debut White Tiger has already picked up the Man Booker and is nominated again for Best...
Book Case at The Times, February 18, 2009
...A full list of all the shortlisted authors in all regions can be found here . Other nominees include Aravind Adiga(read a Q&A with him here ), winner of last year’s Man Booker Prize, for White Tiger (nominated in both the Best Book and Best First Book...
Christchurch City Libraries Blog, February 16, 2009
...many people going to the well too many times. The Booker this year went to a first novelist, Aravind Adiga with his brilliant novel White tiger . India has produced a lot of first rate fiction recently, both from Indian authors and others who set their...
Truth, Justice & Peace, February 8, 2009
...read that I took on my trip to South Florida. Almost done with this one. White Tiger , by Aravind Adiga (not pictured). My book group's last pick, which I didn't finish yet (and then left at a friend's place). I'm trying to resist starting any...
PONSblog, February 5, 2009
...I don’t know whether you’ve been to India. But in case you haven’t, like myself, and you are interested in what it is like to live there for the majority of its inhabitants , The White Tiger is a fascinating book to read. Whilst reading the book,...
dimensions, January 29, 2009
...Booker prize winner Aravind Adiga has a short story titled “The Elephant” in the New Yorker. Read it here: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/01/26/090126fi_fiction_adiga?currentPage=all P.S: Adiga studied English at Columbia College....
Library@Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, January 22, 2009
...Amrita Nair, XII B (First Prize in Book review competition, National Library Week, 200 Not So Shining.. ARAVIND ADIGA’S DEBUTANT NOVEL HAS BEEN HOGGING THE LIMELIGHT FOR RESONS OTHER THAN WINNING THE WORLD’S MOST COVETED RECOGNETION ,THE MAN...
Book Crazy, January 19, 2009
...worth living?’ and ‘Whether suicide is a valid choice?’. Another memorable book would be the White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Probably the only book I have ever read before it won the Booker. For me, the appeal of this book lies in its ability to make...
Redsultana, January 4, 2009
...in Red by Elizabeth George. (I know I’m supposed to have been reading The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - the Booker Prize-winning novel - but I just can’t get into it) Now on the face of it these two novels have nothing in common. The...
Campaign for the American Reader, January 1, 2009
...will stand the test of time." A sample of the findings: Christopher Fowler The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Atlantic), an assured first novel and Man Booker winner, was rightly acclaimed. It's about an India that can't provide sanitation or discipline,...
Valentina's room, December 31, 2008
...Francesca Lia Block 55) Oranges in no man's land by Elizabeth Laird 54) The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 53) Gold by Dan Rhodes 52) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 51) Girl meets Boy by Ali Smith 50) The Bloodstone Bird by Inbali Iserles 49) Millions by...
procrastinationchronicles.com, December 30, 2008
...of these… (oh and these are fiction). The Outlander by Gil Adamson - WA The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - BG, ST Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan - EW, MC The Book of Dahlia by Elisa Albert - EW The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem...
The Scientific Indian, December 30, 2008
...bury it quickly. Once in a while there comes a daring chicken that thinks out of the coop. Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize winning novel The White Tiger is about the chicken coop and a certain chicken that turns into a White Tiger. The novel is in the...
Moksh Juneja, December 25, 2008
...First and foremost, like the way Arvind Adiga author of White Tiger starts fiction work as a series of letters, it completely breaks the monotony of reading the novels in phrases and paragraphs. Quiet an interesting way to start the story. Initially, you...
The Frothy Tome, December 20, 2008
...in India; I was on the brink of bursting with despair and pity — The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Well, hey, the library is your friend. My home library in happier times ...
crackunit.com, December 17, 2008
...tear or two at the end. And not many books do that to me. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - A ripping page turner about a young man ‘making it’ in a developing India. Was perfect reading in my holiday circumstance. It doesn’t ‘explain’ how...
51stories, November 30, 2008
...are on my wishlist or tbr list: Zoe Heller – The Believers; David Lodge – Deaf Sentence and Aravind Adiga – The White Tiger. On the very busy trains last week and stuck in one horrible hotel room I lost myself in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake ....
redkazim, November 28, 2008
...ever won the Booker? India has many Booker-winner writers to boast of like Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and Aravind Adiga. When I asked one of my friends about the reason, he said that it was because of the Indian education system which taught people...
BookAbe.com, November 27, 2008
...Unlimited An academic writing about the history of the English language has seen off the Booker prize winner Aravind Adiga to take the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys prize . Henry Hitchings’s The Secret Life of Words is the first non-fiction book in...
Perspectives, November 26, 2008
...The Pixar Touch by David A. Price Sway by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga X Saves the World by Jeff Gordinier To view the original post by Fast Company, please view - here - Comments » No comments yet be the first. message...
Interactive Marketing Blog, November 25, 2008
...bookstore to check it out. Price: $21.95 $14.93 (Updated from Amazon) 9. THE WHITE TIGER by ARAVIND ADIGA - ou could read 200 non-fiction books on India, its hypergrowth, and its impact on society and the world, and none will sear images and voices into...
Largehearted Boy, November 20, 2008
...Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig one of the "sexiest men living."Also on their list, Man Booker Prize-winner Aravind Adiga . Seattle Weekly explains how to hype your band like Deerhunter . Put the band on hiatus, for about five seconds. After your band...
