'This novel is a freedom song. Every page has the stamp of Roy's originality. Such brutality, such beauty' Amitva Kumar, the author of Immigrant, Montana 'Intricately layered and passionate, studded with jokes and with horrors... [and] no less immersing than The God of Small Things... This is a work of extraordinary intricacy and grace' Prospect MagazineThe first novel in 20 years from the Booker-prize winning author of The God of Small Things'The first novel in 20 years from Roy, and worth the ...