Aravind Adiga's "Last Man In Tower"

 

I adored Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning novel 'The White Tiger,' as well as his short story collection 'Between the Assassinations,' and his latest novel 'Last Man in Tower' is no exception. Dharmen Shah, a real estate developer, offers residents of a dilapidated tower block in Mumbai large sums of money to leave so that he can build luxury apartments on the land. Except for Masterji, a retired widower, they all accept his offer one by one. His neighbors are soon ready to take matters into their own hands. 

I adore Adiga's vivid and evocative descriptions of life in India. His writing in 'Last Man In Tower' truly brings twenty-first-century Mumbai to life, from the smell of the traffic to the taste of the food. The book is about the city as much as it is about the large and complex cast of characters who inhabit it, with the reader confronted with the messy realities of modern life in India.


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The characters are masterfully drawn, and I like how Adiga makes them ambiguous - even though you sympathise with Masterji for not wanting to leave the building that holds so many memories for him, and admire him for standing up to Shah, he is not a perfect human being, and as a reader, I was frustrated by his stubbornness at times. While the pace is a little slow, this is understandable given that the book is driven by its characters and the sprawling complexity of the setting rather than the plot's action. 'Last Man in Tower' is a clever, entertaining, and impressive work that I wholeheartedly recommend.







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