'Brilliantly readable' -- Auberon Waugh, Daily Mail 'The scenes are so precisely balanced and counterpoised that each enriches and illuminates' -- Listener Praise for her previous work: 'A writer of genius ! a writer of world class -- a master storyteller' -- Sunday Times 'Each work has her hallmark of balance, subtlety, wry humor and beauty' -- New York Times Book Review 'Among the best fiction written about the country since A Passage to India' -- Observer 'Deliciously comic' -- Daily Telegraph 'Her tussle with India is one of the richest treats of contemporary literature' -- Guardian