The Fond Smiles watched Fondly.
Little Girls playing.
Sweet.
One beach-coloured.
One brown.
One Loved.
One Loved a Little Less.
'Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely,' Sophie Mol suggested
Rahel ignored her and killed them all.

Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things)

This is an astounding book. Drop everything else you are doing, stop breathing if you have to and sprint faster than the laws of physics permits to your nearest bookshop (as your life depends on it). And I'm warning you, don't eat until this story is well through your digestive system or will personally see to your untimely demise.