Shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Book Prize 2010 'Arzee the Dwarf offers both a small potent shot of narrative energy and a wide vivid palette of human feeling. Choudhury shows that there is no one quite like Arzee and yet there is an Arzee in all of us.' Nadeem Aslam author of Maps for Lost Lovers and The Wasted Vigil 'A delightful debut novel that combines exceptional art with a great story' - The Tribune 'From the first page this is a triumph of storytelling in what Chandrahas Choudhury