The God of Small Things

This is the first paperback edition of The God of Small Things. In the book 2 twin children have their world turned upside-down when a young cousin arrives to live with them. The cousin becomes involved in an illicit liaison and exposes big things that lurk unsaid as the whole country drifts toward ruin. It is lush, lyrical and unnerving and was the start of an esteemed career for the author Arundhati Roy.