The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness: A Novel

"I confess to a weakness for sprawling , messy epics – books that embrace the evolution of history and culture, with lashings of intrigue and romance throughout. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness does all this. (It begins in a graveyard – I was hooked.) Arundhati Roy weaves many themes of contemporary India – caste divisions (still), interethnic conflict, eco wars, transgender rights – into a story that will satisfy many (but not all) of the fans who so rabidly embraced her first book, The God of Small Things, some 20 years ago. This is not that. But it is very much worth your time."