Curious case of Aravind Adiga as a famous literary recluse: Booker-winning author is anomaly in publishing world In an inversion of the mantra that marketing is a necessary evil, the bane of an author’s existence that ultimately has its reward, Adiga refuses to do too much publicity around his books, often to the chagrin of his publishers. Nawaid Anjum February 16, 2021 11:04:58 IST Aravind Adiga. Photo by Fernando Morales
Aravind Adiga, the Booker Prize-winning author of
The White Tiger (2008), has always struck me as India’s most famous literary recluse, an anomaly in the modern publishing world where the order of the day seems to be: Publicise