Between the Assassinations is the second book published by Aravind Adiga though it was written before his first book The White Tiger. The title refers to the period between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the assassination of her son, Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991. Indira Gandhi was the serving Prime Minister of India when she was assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1984, and left office following his party's defeat in the 1989 general election. Between the Assassinations is a collection of short stories. It was published by Picador in India in 2008, and in Britain and the United States in 2009. While it reveals the beauty of the rural, coastal south where it is set, its subject is the pathos, injustices and ironies of Indian life. The book had an initial print run of 16,000 copies, which is on the higher side for fiction in India. Overview The stories take place in the fictitious town of Kittur in Karnataka, Southwest India. It was originally modeled on Adiga's hometown of Mangalore but was substantially changed to make room for more diverse plots and characters. The stories revolve around different classes, castes and religions in India. In each story, another set of characters is introduced, but places and names appear again in other stories. Even though it was published after The White Tiger, Between the Assassinations was started—and most likely finished—before The White Tiger. The servant who is tempted to run away with his master's money, the village hick sent to town, Nepali guards and a hit-and-run accident by a rich man, which is subsequently covered up by corrupt policemen, all appear in Between the Assassinations as well as in The White Tiger. Contents Arriving in Kattur: on the coast, halfway between Goa and Calicut, the city recommends staying 'a minimum of a week' Day One (Morning): The Railway Station Ziaddin started working at a tea-and-samosa shop and claimed to be a Pathan, then he worked as a porter at the railway station where he starts working for a stranger, counting the trains carrying soldiers towards Calicut. How the Town is Laid Out: the geographical center is the Angel Talkies, a pornographic cinema on Umbrella Street used as its reference point. Day One (Afternoon): Bunder :Abbasi was the manager of a shirt factory, he closed it as his stitching employees were being made blind, but was forced to