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Great Books - February

The White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Booker Mann Prize, presents a brutal view of India’ s class struggles. It is the story of Balram Halwai (the white tiger). He manages to escape from a life of poverty with a move to Delhi where he gets a job as the driver for a wealthy businessman. After a time, he goes to Bangalore and embarks on a business venture. Balramtells the story of his life in letters to the premier of China who is planning to visit India. Before he does, however, Balram feels he should be learn the truth about India’ s entrepreneurial underbelly. Eventually, of course, how Balram himself managed to become arich entrepreneur is revealed. How he did it is both ironic and horrific. It is sure to generate fodder for a spirited discussion.

Menu

Appetizers: Indian spiced pork ribs
Soup: Mulligtawney soup
Entree: Tandoori chicken, white rice, and roasted eggplant Subzi
Dessert: Ice cream with mangos and pistachios

Presenter

Susannah Locke is a professor emeritus at the MSOE where she taught communication and literature courses for seventeen years.  Before that, she taught at Cardinal Stritch University, MATC, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Concordia University, and Marquette University.  She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Marquette University.  A love of travel has taken her and her husband to many places including China, Russia, Egypt and many South American and European countries.  She has led several Great Books discussions; the most recent were those of The Inheritance of Loss, Water for Elephants and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Registration

You may download this Great Books registration form (Adobe Acrobat Reader software required) to fill out and mail in. To receive a Great Books brochure or for more information about the Great Books Series, contact Cathy Varebrook at (414) 277-4523 or via e-mail.