Inheritance of Loss, Paperback/Kiran Desai

At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge's life is changed by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai. A Nepalese insurgency threatens her romance with her tutor, and the judge must revisit his past and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires. A brilliant, bittersweet family saga and a powerful reflection of modern times, which won last year's Man Booker Prize, and was book of the year for a range of newspapers. 'Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears' }Independent{