A Burning av Megha Majumdar

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'Immaculately constructed, acidly observed and gripping from start to finish, <I>A Burning</I> is a brilliant debut.' <I>The</I><B><I> Guardian</I></B><BR/><BR/>‘Megha Majumdar’s <I>A Burning </I>is an uncanny debut, a fierce condemnation of modern India - the corruption, racism, misogyny, the feverish obsession with celebrity – this is the antithesis of shrill. The author, although still in her early thirties, has the composure of a mature artist, and has produced a political novel that makes its wider points through the subtle, intimate exploration of three characters’ lives.’ <B><I>Sunday Times</I></B><BR/>  <P>‘This is a short, sharp shock of a novel that shows us how easy it is to rally a mob, to kill a Muslim woman and to silence a whole community. These are things we all know on paper, but the power of a great novelist – and Majumdar has a Dickensian flair and scope – is to transform what we simply kn