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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.
Balram Halwai es un hombre complicado. Sirviente. Filo sofo. Empresario. Asesino. Durante siete noches, a la luz mortecina de una ridi cula aran a, Balram nos cuenta su historia. Nacido en una villa en el corazo n de la India, se formo un suen o en su cabeza: el de escapar de la orilla del Ganges, en cuyas oscuras profundidades se han podrido generaciones enteras. Para ello se traslada a Delhi, donde sera contratado como cho fer. Mientras los otros sirvientes hojean la u ltima revista de sucesos, Balram empieza a vislumbrar co mo el Tigre va a poder escapar de su jaula. Claro que ℗ que hombre de e xito no se ha visto obligado a derramar un poco de sangre en su camino a la cima?
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Poor, Chauffeurs, Ambicio n, Choferes, Pobres, Businesspeople, Negociantes, Novela, Ambition, FictionPlaces
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Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2008.
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