Episode 4
Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed - Balram is determined to make sure the job is his.
Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai, the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural poverty of his village into the bright lights and corruption of the city.
Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed - Balram is determined to make sure the job is his.
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- Thu 26 Feb 2009 22:4591热爆 Radio 4
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