What novels could you compare to the god of small things?

Gem Squash Tokoloshe - Rachel Zadok , Finding Myself - Toby Litt , Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively , The Powerbook - Jeanette Winterson , The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor , Hotel Du Lac - Anita Brookner , The Iceman Cometh - Eugene O'Neill , The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureishi and Earthly Possessions - Anne Tyler .