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“Provocative and
decadent…The kind of novel that’s so richly insightful…it’s hard to know where
to begin singing its praises…Vain, shrewd, and stubborn, [Masterji] is one of
the most delightfully contradictory characters to appear in recent fiction.”
— Washington Post
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“Masterful…With this
gripping, amusing glimpse into the contradictions and perils of modern India,
Adiga cements his reputation as the preeminent chronicler of his country’s
messy present.”
— Newsweek
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“Adiga has written
the story of a New India…This funny and poignant story is multidimensional,
layered with many engaging stories and characters.”
— Seattle Times
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“A rare achievement…Adiga
captures with heartbreaking authenticity the real struggle in Indian cities,
which is for dignity. A funny yet deeply melancholic work, Last Man in Tower is a brilliant, and remarkably mature, second
novel.”
— Economist
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“Brilliant…If you
loved the movie Slumdog Millionaire,
you will inhale the novel Last Man in
Tower. Adiga’s second novel is even better than the superb White Tiger…First-rate…You simply do not
realize how anemic most contemporary fiction is until you read Adiga’s muscular
prose. His plots don’t unwind, they surge.”
— USA Today
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“With wit and
observation, Adiga gives readers a well-rounded portrait of Mumbai in all of
its teeming, bleating, inefficient glory…Like any good novelist, Adiga’s story
lingers because it nestles in the heart and the head.”
— Christian Science Monitor
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“Last Man in Tower is a nuanced study of human nature in all of its
complexity and mystery. (It is also humane and funny.) Nothing is quite as it
seems in the novel, which makes for surprises both pleasant and disturbing.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“Adiga populates his
fiction with characters from all parts of India’s contemporary social spectrum,
and the intensity of his anger at aspects of modern India is modulated by his
impish wit.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“Adiga maps out in
luminous prose India’s ambivalence toward its accelerated growth, while creating
an engaging protagonist…A man whose ambition and independence have been
tempered with an understanding of the important, if almost imperceptible,
difference between development and progress.”
— Entertainment Weekly
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“[An] adroit,
ruthless, and sobering novel…Adiga peppers his universally relevant tour de
force with brilliant touches, multiple ironies, and an indictment of our nature.”
— Star Ledger
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“Adiga is an
exceptionally talented novelist, and the subtlety with which he presents the
battle between India’s aspirants and its left-behind poor is exceptional.”
— Richmond Times-Dispatch
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“A brilliant
examination of the power of money…Ultimately Last Man in Tower is about how greed affects compassion…Adiga
skillfully unfolds a surprising conclusion that underscores what a great novel
this is.”
— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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“[Full of] acute observations
and sharp imagery…Like all cautionary tales, it embodies more than a little
truth about our times.”
— Financial Times
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“Dickensian…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…Readers above all
else will find pleasure and pain in the ups and downs of the human family
itself.”
— San Francisco Chronicle