... , with cartwheeling corpses and talking statues. Mostly, though, Roy's verbal exuberance is all her own, and it makes "The God of Small Things" a real pleasure. History's lessons may be bitter, but Roy serves them up fresh, pungent and delicious. Overview The God of Small Things opens with Rahel returning to Ayemenem in India, her childhood home 23 years after some terrible events took ... the reader remains enthralled all the way through to its agonizing finish. This ambitious meditation on the decline and fall of an Indian family is part political fable, part psychological drama, part ...

• Word Count: 2899
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School