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The Inheritance of Loss

20th Anniversary Edition

High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time.

The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphaned granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook’s heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home.

Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world.

Marvellous . . . Kiran Desai romanticises neither home nor elsewhere . . . Heeds not only the brave new world, but also the country left behind

Lionel Shriver, Financial Times

About Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai is the bestselling author of two novels, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss, which won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405985420
  • Length: 336 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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