WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2006

‘A novel to be reread and remembered’
Independent
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace from a world he has found too messy for justice, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are claimed by his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another on an elusive search for a green card.
‘Luminous’
India Today
‘A terrific writer’
Salman Rushdie