Charting the rise and fall - or rather the transformations of Pran, born at the beginning of the 20th century to an Indian mother but British father. Driven from the certainties of high caste Indian life, he begins his search for an identity, chameleon-like adapting to circumstances - but for what? A truly picaresque novel of great flair, comic, tragic, satirical, extravagant and - to my mind - hugely enjoyable.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 20 September 2003 ) |
