Eduardo got this book as a present from Sara, a couple of months ago, and devoured it in three days. Since I decided to take a couple of days free between the last assignment and the next I decided that thsi could perhaps be a perfect choice. If it had engaged Eduardo that much, it had to be good! I as right. It makes for enticing reading because it is so different that it is almost shocking. It is not every day that you listen to a first person narrator and really have the impression that you are in contact with a real person. This is fiction at its best!
How close to reality is the social scenario depicted in the book only some Indians can tell, but for us as readers, it doesn’t really matter that much. What is important is the plot and the execution. It’s straightforward, punchy, crispy, at times moving, at times revolting and wholly surpising if you don’t come from such cultural background. I’ve never been to India, but if one day I go there it will be hard not to have the white tiger stealthily following my steps around.
