This review was written as part of a portfolio and looks at the novel from a writer's perspective:
This novel won the Booker Prize in 2008, and
is Aravind Adiga’s first book, telling the tale of a poor but intelligent young
man and would-be entrepreneur as he tries to shake off the restrictions of his
caste. The story’s strength is the unique voice of the protagonist as he
relates his life as a servant via a series of letters ostensibly and somewhat
impertinently addressed to the Premier of China as a preface to the leader’s
upcoming tour of India.
