For her much-anticipated second novel, Arundhati Roy weaves together a multi-strand narrative that at times feels more like a disparate collection of fragments than a cohesive whole.Īs Guardian reviewer Natasha Walter writes: “Here is a trans woman from Delhi, here is a man from an untouchable background passing himself off as a Muslim, here is a government official retired from a post in Kabul, here is a resistance fighter in Kashmir, here is a woman in the Maoist rebellion in Bastar, here is a rebellious woman who kidnaps an abandoned baby, and more. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (Penguin)Ģ0 years is a long time between novels, and winning the Booker prize for your debut effort only raises the level of expectation.
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