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Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
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Contemporary, prestige, bleak and grave.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Aravind Adiga
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, Free Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781410408778
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