ical ▁in ▁its ▁tone , ▁the ▁novel ▁has ▁a ▁spiritual ▁level , ▁too . ▁Mal ay al an adu ▁week ly ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁novel ▁would ▁be ▁serial ised ▁from ▁July ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁but ▁the ▁plan ▁was ▁dropped ▁when ▁the ▁Emer gency ▁was ▁proc laimed ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁finally ▁serial ised ▁only ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁after ▁the ▁Emer gency ▁was ▁lifted ▁and ▁it ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁proph etic . ▁There ▁were ▁h ind ran ces ▁for ▁its ▁publication ▁as ▁well ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁sexual - sc at ological ▁language ▁and ▁imag ery ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁at roc ities ▁perpet r ated ▁during ▁Emer gency ▁were ▁still ▁ha un ting ▁the ▁public . ▁Finally , ▁it ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁P engu in ▁Books ▁published ▁the ▁English ▁translation ▁and ▁the ▁book ▁drew ▁critical ▁reviews . ▁... d anger ous ▁stuff ▁and ▁cut ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁b one ▁were ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁David ▁Sel bourne , ▁in ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement ▁and ▁Kh ush w ant ▁Singh ▁r ated ▁the ▁novel ▁as ▁not ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁novel ▁you ▁forget ▁in ▁a ▁hur ry . ▁V ij ay an ▁himself ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁cle ans ing ▁act ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁desire ▁to ▁repeat . ▁ ▁Later ▁nov els ▁The ▁third ▁novel , ▁G urus ag aram ▁( The ▁In fin ity ▁of ▁Grace