Riot - Shashi Tharoor

This is the upteenth novel written upon the Babri Masjid-Ayodhya communal riots, yet absolutely unique in theme and plot. The story line revolves around the mysterious murder of a 24 year old American social worker in the backdrop of the riot. The ingenious narrative techniques allow the readers to peek into the events that lead to the riot, murder and its aftermaths. Shashi Tharoor experiments with narrative threads like journals, interviews, letters, poems, diary entries, newspaper cuttings and monologues and transforms the otherwise worn-out theme n cheesy love story into a brilliant work of art. Superb !