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Literature · 2017

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy

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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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Restates memory in a sharper literature register.

A hijra, a landlord, and Kashmir. Roy's return to fiction after twenty years.

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A hijra, a landlord, and Kashmir. Roy's return to fiction after twenty years.

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A hijra, a landlord, and Kashmir. Roy's return to fiction after twenty years.

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