Last Man in Tower

Resumen del libro

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...

Biografía del autor

Aravind Adiga is the author of The White Tiger, longlisted for the Booker Prize. He worked in India as a journalist for TIME magazine from 2003 to 2005; his work has also appeared in British newspapers like the Financial Times and the Independent. The White Tiger is his first novel. He lives in Mumbai.<br>