SOURCE: Mantel, Hilary. “States of Emergency.” In India: A Mosaic, edited by Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein, pp. 181-93. New York, N.Y.: New York Review Books, 2000.
In the following essay, Mantel assesses A Fine Balance as a political novel at its core—one overtly critical of the political forces in India.
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