The God of Small ThingsThe Asian literary phenomenon of the 90s. More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie, more nerve tinglingly imagined than Naipaul, here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy has written an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, heart stopping language, wry comedy and a hint of magical realism. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, The God