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A Fine Balance

Service95 Recommends A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is set in 1975 when the Indian government declared a state of emergency and follows four strangers whose lives become entwined forever.

What We Say: “Mistry’s talent lies in creating characters you think you know. Delving into their past to explain their present, he addresses how caste, social expectation and political corruption in India shape the fortunes of his four central characters” - Maria Padget

What They Say: “A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius” – Independent India

Available on Bookshop.org, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble

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Maria Padget is Service95 Book Club Director


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