![]() Not a book for the faint-hearted, but it is a book with a big heart. A book to savour rather than to gallop through.' 'One of the best and most entertaining books I have ever read. 'What a storyteller, what a wide canvas he covers of India. 'Many say that the mark of a good book is that it stays with you well, I read this several years ago and I still find myself thinking of the characters. Easily one of my all time favourite books!' 'One of the most layered and beautifully executed books I've ever read. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.' Guardian With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall masters from Balzac to Dickens, this magnificant novel caputures all the cruelty and corruption. ![]() ![]() 'A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever.Īn epic panorama of modern India in all its corruption, violence, and heroism, A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry's prize-winning masterpiece: a Dickensian modern classic brimming with compassion, humour, and insight - and a hymn to the human spirit in an inhuman state. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. 'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' Independent ![]()
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