A novel of India from one of England's finest writers
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.
The originality, power and sheer prolificacy of Parks's production
makes the work of his British contemporaries appear trite... His
prose can be sparse and lucid, or almost manically convoluted,
although beyond the fierce and questioning intelligence are both
humour and artfully constructed and invariably gripping plots... In
other words it's a big, easily readable book - though with a
solidly intellectual core - more than ripe for big prizes
*Independent on Sunday*
A brave book...he shows with this novel, he intimately understands
the Western condition, its complexity and fragility
*Evening Standard*
Enormously powerful... fiercely intelligent... a gripping and
ambiguous novel
*The Times*
A rapidly unfolding mystery that hints at suicide, murder and
madness, and builds to a wrenching climax... haunting and
accomplished... The finale is unexpected and terrifying
*Guardian*
In the tradition of British writing about India, this novel is a
rich, unexpected variation, and a considerable addition
*Financial Times*
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