This is the paperback publication of Aravind Adiga's second novel is, quite
simply, Atlantic's biggest paperback of the year supported by its biggest ever
marketing campaign. 21st Century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring
real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future.
His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury
apartments, will make each of its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But
not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a
lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As tensions rise among the once
civil neighbours, one by one those who oppose the offer give way to the
majority, until only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired
schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a
dangerous man to refuse, but as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's
neighbours - friends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-
conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday...It is suitable for
readers of Aravind Adiga's previous books, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
and Q and A (Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup.
This is the paperback publication of Aravind Adiga's second novel is, quite
simply, Atlantic's biggest paperback of the year supported by its biggest ever
marketing campaign. 21st Century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring
real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future.
His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury
apartments, will make each of its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But
not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a
lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As tensions rise among the once
civil neighbours, one by one those who oppose the offer give way to the
majority, until only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired
schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a
dangerous man to refuse, but as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's
neighbours - friends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-
conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday...It is suitable for
readers of Aravind Adiga's previous books, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
and Q and A (Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup.
