Description
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.
Local notes
One man reflects on his breakthrough from the drudgery of servant life in India to that of an entrepreneur via cunning, the need for survival, ambition and ultimately murder.Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, he tells the terrible of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Publication
Atlantic Books (2008), Paperback, 336 pages
Subjects
Original publication date
2008
Physical description
336 p.; 8.03 inches
ISBN
184354721X / 9781843547211