"If this had had, say, Rohinton Mistry’s name emblazoned on the cover rather than Arundhati Roy’s, would it have been categorised as ambitious rather than formless, challenging rather than confusing? And are we in the West seriously demanding the Queen’s English at all times? (Junot Diaz has tackled this at great length, so I’m going to suffice with a pff of my own.)" - Valerie O'Riordan reviews The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
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