The White Tiger ++++ A SUPERB SIGNED, LINED & DATED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK - BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 2008 ++++

London: Atlantic Books. A finel unread UK first edition, first printing (complete number line) hardback in a fine dust jacket protected in removable clear mylar sleeve - My books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - Winner of the 2008 Booker Prize - This UK edition is the true first edition, preceding the USA edition. Fine copy in protective mylar dust jacket cover - Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi behind the wheel of a Honda. Amid the cockroaches and call-centres, the 36,000,004 gods, the slums, the shopping malls, and the crippling traffic jams, Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. Driven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the Tiger might escape his cage. An amazing and very collectible debut novel - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - LINED: "The dreams of the poor, the dreams of the rich" and DATED 06-04-2009 . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2008.