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An author with this surname depicted the orphan Mukunda, whose property developer job takes him to the riverfront house where he grew up. An author with this surname created characters who are cast in a stage version of Norman, Is That You? Another author with this surname wrote An Atlas of Impossible Longing. An author with this surname created the police chief Thomas Mathew, who is alarmed when a Communist worker at Paradise Pickles and Preserves (10[2])is unjustly (10[2])arrested. (10[1])Unrequited love for Father Mulligan causes Baby Kochamma to convert to Catholicism (10[1])in a novel by an author with this surname. The novelist Anuradha has this surname, as does an author who depicted the incestuous (10[1])relationship between the twins Rahel and Estha. For 10 points, give this surname of the author who wrote The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and The God of Small Things. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Roy [or Arundhati Roy or Anuradha Roy]
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