Adiga's new novel talks of cricket

August 25, 2016 14:26

Booker Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga's new novel talks of cricket and is about two brothers in a Mumbai slum raised by their obsessive father who want them to become stars in the game. "Selection Day", published by HarperCollins imprint Fourth Estate, comes five years after Adiga's second novel "Last Man in Tower" hit book stores. His debut novel "The White Tiger" won him the Man Booker prize in 2008.

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