![]() ![]() A semi-autobiographical tale of an Indian family fading into decline, fractured by tragedy and scandal, it won the Booker prize, sold more than 8m copies in 42 languages, and transformed an unknown screenwriter into a global celebrity, tipped as the new literary voice of a generation. Is she really a literary figure, or was her first novel a sort of fluke? Roy was 35 when she published her debut, The God Of Small Things, to rapturous acclaim. ![]() To many of Roy’s literary admirers, her work over the past 20 years has been something of a puzzle. As soon as I shut the door, it’s, ‘So what did you think of that person? Idiot, right?’” Will she ask them how this interview went after I leave? She looks surprised I’d need to ask. My characters all live with me.” They’re always with her? “Oh yes. “Everyone thinks I live alone, but I don’t. Seeing my expression as she relates this, Roy starts to smile. ![]()
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