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Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a State of Internal Emergency. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight; and, above all, compulsively read Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a State of Internal Emergency. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight; and, above all, compulsively readable. --faber.co.uk
Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a State of Internal Emergency. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight; and, above all, compulsively read Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a State of Internal Emergency. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic... Read More