Abstract
This paper attempts to examine Adiga’s ‘Last Man in Tower’ as relevant to the present day century for its representation of the everyday life in Mumbai. It also explores the variety of themes, background and motifs in the work with an aim to focus on its original framework, not cut off from the everyday life. The novel risks concentrating its power in the suspense of whether Masterji will triumph or eventually be subsumed by peer pressure, external threat or both. But Adiga also manages to thicken his narrative with a subtle and nuanced examination of the nature of personal corruption - more subtle in fact, than in TheWhite Tiger. The novel is so richly insightful about business and character; that Adiga knows economies well should come as no surprise. On the whole, in this complex and multilayered novel, Adiga continues his project of shining a light on the changing face of India, bringing us a picture that is as compelling as it is complex to decipher