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2 unusual facts about The God of Small Things


Lymantriidae

In The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, the character Pappachi discovers a new species of lymantriid with "unusually dense dorsal tufts".

The God of Small Things

The day before Margarget and Sophie arrive, the family visits a theatre to see The Sound of Music, where Estha is molested by the "Orangedrink Lemondrink Man", a vendor working the snack counter of the theatre.


Teekoy

It is full of hills and valleys in the middle of which flows the Meenachil river (made famous by Arundhati Roy's novel, The God of Small Things).


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