A Fine Balance : The epic modern classic Condition:Very Good and then commit a horrible

and then commit a horrible act you’d have thought yourself incapable of just twenty-four hours ago

reconcile with the daughter who testified against her - and care for her new infant grandson

With gorgeous prose shot through with empathy

the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect

positive emotions and connections

A Fine Balance : The epic modern classic Condition:Very Good and then commit a horribleSet 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