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Last man in tower is a novel that sets two men against each other over the ownership of a small flat in mumbai, india. Instead, it aims for a slow boil, like two tectonic plates building up enormous pressure to an earthquake. His newest novel, selection day, was published in 2016. Shifting indian identities in aravind adigass work. He was born in india and attended columbia and oxford universities. Having previously read and enjoyed the white tiger, i was pleased that last man in tower maintained the same high quality writing while introducing new elements. The present paper attempts to explore mumbai and its milieu in the age of globalization. I had liked the white tiger so another adiga book was a happy find. The process of globalization encompasses many spheres of life which directly or indirectly are interlinked with each other. Adiga s work seems to be haunted by a dickensian ghost.
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The novel provides a dark picture of indias class struggle in a globalized worldthe. Rama rao, a popular medical practitioner and congress politician from madras. The characters all move in and around a cooperative housing project that could be sold, resulting in a windfall for the residents. Sociological aspects in aravind adigas the white tiger and last man in tower 88 deplorable public health system adiga depicts the public health system in india, through his protagonist balram. He has been gutsy in tackling a complex and urgent subject.
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