Walking with the Comrades

From the award-winning author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and The God of Small Things comes a searing frontline exposé of brutal repression in India

In this fiercely reported work of nonfiction, internationally renowned author Arundhati Roy draws on her unprecedented access to a little-known rebel movement in India to pen a work full of earth-shattering revelations. Deep in the forests, under the pretense of battling Maoist guerillas, the Indian government is waging a vicious total war against its own citizens-a war undocumented by a weak domestic press and fostered by corporations eager to exploit the rare minerals buried in tribal lands. Roy takes readers to the unseen front lines of this ongoing battle, chronicling her months spent living with the rebel guerillas in the forests. In documenting their local struggles, Roy addresses the much larger question of whether global capitalism will tolerate any societies existing outside of its colossal control.

"A riveting account . . . a necessary book by one of India's most distinctive voices." -Washington Post

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 10/25/2011
ISBN: 9780143120599
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/19/2011
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2011
Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 93
Booklist 10/15/2011 pg. 8