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Well reviewed first novel from a high-profile young author. Betty Trask Award winner 2002. One of the "Guardian" "Best First Novelists 2002". Blanket review coverage guaranteed. "An outstanding first novel" "Guardian".
Synopsis
In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery.
