“It’s a brutal novel that gets darker and darker, and it’s as breathtakingly beautiful as it is bleak … Mukherjee tackles some notoriously difficult themes perfectly: The characters in A State of Freedom all want better lives, and — to say the least — they’re seldom rewarded. It’s not exactly a novel that warns readers against striving; rather, it’s one that urges us to be careful what we wish for, and to always be prepared for disappointment. Mukherjee also brilliantly details the brutality inherent in the class system, and the violence and despair that are its inevitable results … A State of Freedom is a marvel of a book, shocking and beautiful.”
–Michael Schaub, NPR, January 4, 2018
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