Arundhati Roy <br/><br/>
The God of Small Things 

 - New Delhi  Penguin Books  2002 
 - 339p. 
<br/><br/>  	Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1997 
<br/><br/>	Paradise pickles & preserves -- Pappachi's moth -- Big man the Laltain, small man the Mombatti -- Abhilash talkies -- God's own country -- Cochin kangaroos -- Wisdom exercise notebooks -- Welcome home, our Sophie Mol -- Mrs. Pillai, Mrs. Eapen, Mrs. Rajagopalan -- River in the boat -- God of small things -- Kochu Thomban -- Pessimist and the optimist -- Work is struggle -- Crossing -- Few hours later -- Cochin harbor terminus -- History house -- Saving Ammu -- Madras mail -- Cost of living. 
<br/><br/> The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143028574 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> 	      Social classes -- India -- Fiction.     Twins -- Fiction.     India -- Fiction. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.914 ARU-G .FI