Its antihero and narrator, Balram Halwai, is a cocksure, uneducated young man, the son of an impoverished rickshaw driver.

作者通过自己的叙述塑造了一位非正派角色的主人公Balram Halwai，他是一个自大的、没有受过教育的年轻人，其父则是个贫穷的人力车夫。

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The son of a poor rickshaw-puller who is taken out of school as a boy and put to work in a teashop, Balram nurses dreams of escape.

他是一个贫穷车夫的儿子。年幼时，他中途辍学，到一家茶社里打杂，但他一直梦想逃离这种生活。

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The 39-year-old finally worked for Shashi Obhrai, 54, and her husband Balram in Northwood.

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