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Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A Magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Man Booker Prize judges\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Poised, elegant and assured . . . breaks out into extraordinary beauty' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Desai's bold, original voice, and her ability to deal in a grand narratives with a deft comic touch that affectionately recalls some of the masters of Indian fiction, makes hers a novel to reread and remembered' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kiran-desai-books\"\u003eKiran Desai\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141027289\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47909304598705,"sku":"SB-0141027282-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0141027282.jpg?v=1789140415"},{"product_id":"the-inheritance-of-loss-a-novel","title":"The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner Of The Man Booker Prize 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Crumbling, Isolated House At The Foot Of Mount Kanchenjunga Lives And Embittered Judge Who Wants Only To Retire In Peace From A World He Has Found Too Messy For Justice, When His Orphaned Granddaughter, Sai, Arrives N His Doorstep. Te Judge S Cook Watches Over Her Distractedly, For His Thoughts Are Claimed By His Son, Biju, Who Is Hopscotching From One Gritty New York Restaurant To Another On An Elusive Search For A Green Card.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen An Indian-Nepali Insurgency In The Mountains Interrupts Sai S Romance With Her Nepali Tutor, And Causes Their Lives To Descend Into Chaos, They Are Forced To Consider Their Colliding Interests. The Cook Witnesses The Hierarchy Being Overturned And Discarded. 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