A Fine Balance
Publisher: Faber and Faber; Faber & Faber
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 614
ISBN-13: 9780571179367
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction
First sentence: THE MORNING EXPRESS bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed.
Description: Set 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 detail; and, above all, compulsively readable.
--back cover
Notes: UK edition