Winner Man Booker in the same year as published. The book is an allegory/description/condemnation of democracy in 21st Century India. The poor are still enslaved, the rich, still entitled. The plot revolves around a young man from the country who uses his wits—and murder—to rise to wealth and prominence in Bombay. He is facile and witty, and he paints a penetrating portrait of his country. [12/08]
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