A Fine Balance : The epic modern classic Georgia Peach Book Award (2007) It now has 600

It now has 600

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A Fine Balance : The epic modern classic Georgia Peach Book Award (2007) It now has 600Set 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