"A great tempest of a novel. . . . Will leave you awed." --The Washington Post
"Staggeringly beautiful. . . . Once a decade, if we are lucky, a novel emerges from the cinder pit of living that asks the urgent question of our global era. . . . Roy's novel is this decade's ecstatic and necessary answer." --The Boston Globe
"Powerful and moving. . . . Infused with so much passion--political, social, emotional--that it vibrates. It may leave you shaking, too." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Roy writes with astonishing vividness." --The New York Times Book Review
"Magisterial. . . . The Ministry of Utmost Happiness works its empathetic magic upon a breathtakingly broad slate." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"A fiercely unforgettable novel about gender, terrorism, Indian's caste system, corruption and politics. . . . A love story with characters so heartbreaking and compelling they sear themselves into the reader's brain." --USA Today
"Thrilling. . . . [Roy's] luminous passages span eras and regions of the Indian subcontinent and artfully weave the stories of several characters into a triumphant symphony." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A lustrously braided and populated tale." --Vanity Fair
"Roy's second novel proves as remarkable as her first. . . . Through [the characters'] archetypal interactions, juxtaposed with Roy's glorious social details, you will have been granted a powerful sense of their world, of the complexity, energy and diversity of contemporary India." --Financial Times
"Epic in scale, but intimately human in its concerns, the long-awaited story dazzles with its kaleidoscopic narrative approach and unforgettable characters." --Elle
"The novel weaves the personal and the political with powerful results. . . . Roy turns her lens outward to examine India's rich but violent history and the catastrophic lingering effects of Partition." --Esquire
"A riotous carnival, as wryly funny and irreverent as its author." --The Guardian
"A deeply rewarding work. . . . Images in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness . . . wedge themselves in the mind like memories of lived experience." --Slate
"Complex and ambitious. . . . A deep and richly satisfying read." --The Christian Science Monitor
"One of the best protest novels ever written. . . . Roy elucidates the conversation around power and diversity in a way that no other author does." --Los Angeles Review of Books
"A rich, romantic, and sprawling tale. . . . You're guaranteed to fall in love with the characters and be swept up by the writing." --Glamour
"Once again, Roy demonstrates her mastery of exquisite prose, visionary intelligence and a bent for epic storytelling." --The Seattle Times
"Haunting. . . . A passionate political masterpiece delivered in an enchanting array of narrative styles and voices." --The Times Literary Supplement
"Stunning. . . . Roy's lyrical sentences, and the ferocity of her narrative, are a wonder to behold." --Richmond Times-Dispatch
