LAST MAN IN TOWER Hardcover

Last Man in Tower is a powerful and provocative novel by Booker Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga, exploring the collision between ambition, morality, and community in the rapidly changing city of Mumbai. When a ruthless real estate developer offers a generous buyout to the residents of a dilapidated apartment block, most are eager to accept. But one man—retired schoolteacher Yogesh Murthy, known as Masterji—refuses to sell. As pressure mounts and neighbors turn against him, Masterji's solitary stand becomes a gripping battle of will, conscience, and survival. With piercing insight and dark humor, Adiga paints a vivid portrait of urban transformation and the human cost of progress. Last Man in Tower is both a suspenseful story and a sharp social commentary on the values that bind—or break—a community.