Showing A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

SET IN MID-1970S INDIA, 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.