Aravind Adiga

Books on prize lists

• Amnesty

  Written in English

  SaveAmnesty to read later

  Miles Franklin 2021 · Shortlist

  Amnesty

  Amnesty

  Aravind Adiga · 46 when first published

  Novel · 352 pages · Migration, Crime

  AIAI-generated summary:Danny, a Sri Lankan living illegally in Sydney who cleans houses and sleeps in the back room of a shop, hears that a woman he cleans for has been killed and thinks he knows the culprit.

• The White Tiger

  Written in English

  SaveThe White Tiger to read later

  Booker 2008 · ★ Winner

  The White Tiger

  The White Tiger

  Aravind Adiga · 34 when first published

  Novel · Satire, Crime

  AIAI-generated summary:Writing over seven nights to China's premier, Balram Halwai, a rickshaw-puller's son from a poor village on the Ganges, tells how he became a rich landlord's driver in Delhi and, as he puts it, an entrepreneur.