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The god of small things

by Arundhati Roy

Set in India, this Booker Prize-winning novel follows the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are devastated by societal 'love laws'. It explores how small things affect human behaviour while examining the impact of class and caste discrimination.

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