"Roy's second novel proves as remarkable as her first. "A lustrously braided and populated tale." - Vanity Fair luminous passages span eras and regions of the Indian subcontinent and artfully weave the stories of several characters into a triumphant symphony." - Minneapolis Star Tribune A love story with characters so heartbreaking and compelling they sear themselves into the reader's brain." - USA Today "A fiercely unforgettable novel about gender, terrorism, Indian's caste system, corruption and politics. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness works its empathetic magic upon a breathtakingly broad slate." - O, The Oprah Magazine "Roy writes with astonishing vividness." - The New York Times Book Review It may leave you shaking, too." - San Francisco Chronicle Infused with so much passion-political, social, emotional-that it vibrates. Roy's novel is this decade's ecstatic and necessary answer." - The Boston Globe Once a decade, if we are lucky, a novel emerges from the cinder pit of living that asks the urgent question of our global era. Will leave you awed." - The Washington Post
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