Episode 9
Balram's fateful decision has been made and now is the moment when he passes the point of no return.
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 fateful decision has been made and now is the moment when he passes the point of no return.
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- Thu 5 Mar 2009 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4
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