The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Throughout the novel Roy uses foreshadowing to suggest the idea that the characters futures have already been written. From the early stages of the novel we are aware that your affair with Ammu will bring an end to both of your lives. Yet the heart wrenching moments you shared were made all the worse by the implicit understanding that your love will eventually destroy you both. The twins were too young to know that these were only history's henchmen. Sent to square the books and collect the dues from those who broke its laws. ...