The ministry of utmost happiness : a novel
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New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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9780525434818, 052543481X
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New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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449 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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9780525434818, 052543481X

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An intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent-- from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war. The tale begins with Anjum-- who used to be Aftab-- unrolling a threadbare Persian carpet in a city graveyard she calls home. We encounter the odd Tilo and the men who loved her-- including Musa, sweetheart and ex-sweetheart, lover and ex-lover. Their fates are as entwined as their arms used to be and always will be. We meet Tilo's landlord, a former suitor, now an intelligence officer posted to Kabul. And then we meet the two Miss Jebeens: the first a child born in Srinagar and buried in its overcrowded Martyrs' Graveyard; the second found at midnight, abandoned on a concrete sidewalk in the heart of New Delhi.
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"An epic novel of love and history and the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of loss and tragedy" -- Provided by publisher.
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Longlist, 2017.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Roy, A. (2018). The ministry of utmost happiness: a novel (First Vintage Books Edition.). Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Roy, Arundhati. 2018. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel. Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel First Vintage Books Edition., Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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