Highly recommended. Edit. If there were fears that Mr Adiga's follow up novel to the Booker prize winning "The White Tiger" might be problematical for him as it has so often been for other first time novelists, then those fears were to prove groundless! Adiga is a very skilled writer and his descriptions of the contrast between rich and poor make for wonderful reading! But not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a lifetime, many of them are no longer young. I wonder what the author Mr Adiga is thinking - his own therapy which he is selling for us to read. This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. I took a little while to get into this novel, but it was worthwhile persevering. Now that the land around the airport is becoming more desirable, businessman Dharman Shah wants to purchase Towers … An ok read but I would not have wanted to spend more than 99p on it. Read if you are keen to read about psychoanalysis of about 20 people in Mumbai in 2008. . It looks at how neighbours who are so emotionally and physically close that they live like extended family can become enemies. I would also say it offers wholly believable insights into the psychology of bullying and persecution - tracking how the perpetrators of abuse can convince themselves that they are in fact the victims despite their abusive behaviour. Desktop-PCs bei Amazon.de: Sonderangebote, Neuerscheinungen und Bestseller -- Desktop-PCs, Gaming PCs und Zubehör - kostenloser Versand möglich. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2014. Please try again. Women Lie Men Lie: A Gritty Urban Fiction Novel of Vengeance and Murder Set in Pont... Eternal Bite: A Limited Edition Collection of Vampire Stories. . Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2013. I found I had sympathy for all the characters who peopled this book. All of the residents must agree to the deal and when one man doesn't, his neighbors turn--some more rapidly than others. Well worth the time of any reader interested in the circumstances of life in a seemingly foreign place that turns out to be awfully familiar. There is humour & tragedy. There are some wonderful characters who represent the many faces of Bombay. White Tiger and In Between Assasins were uplifting books of aspirations, and this one just wants you to curl up as the author obviously has an issue with Mumbai. Free & fast delivery, movies and more with Amazon Prime. All human life is in this book set in teeming Bombay. Try again. As reflected in the title of this review, these behaviors are dispiriting rather than uplifting. Last Man in Tower has a broader and more forgiving feel than The White Tiger, incorporating a gentler comic tone that finds affection as well as despair in … It was a fine suggestion: I am a long-time fan of Indian writing, which is one of the reasons I wanted to go to India, and I had enjoyed The White Tiger ' Adiga's first novel, which won the Booker Prize in 2008. You feel sad for some and angry with others. (It is also humane and funny.) Like any good novelist, Adiga’s story lingers because it nestles in the heart and the head.” —Christian Science Monitor  “Last Man in Tower is a nuanced study of human nature in all of its complexity and mystery. Last Man in Tower is the story of the residents of a 50-year-old apartment building, Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society -- a six-story building that has for many years been an island of respectability amid the slums that surround the domestic terminal of Mumbai's airport. Like all cautionary tales, it embodies more than a little truth about our times.” —Financial Times “Dickensian. But it is the different characters with all their flaws & good points that makes one love this book. . Gentrification is present world wide, both its positive and negative aspects. But he meets his match in retired schoolteacher Masterji. Plus there is plenty of humour in the novel about Bombay, greedy builders and anxious residents of a rundown block of flats. I would also say it offers wholly believable insights into the psychology of bullying and persecution - tracking how the perpetrators of abuse can convince themselves that they are in fact the victims despite their abusive behaviour. Has a great way with language. Aravind Adiga's latest book `Last Man in Tower' explores what it takes to turn ordinary respectable middle-class people into evil, devious, greedy beasts prepared to contemplate murder. Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2011.

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