by Irving, John
First published 1998
Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla works as an orthopedic surgeon in Toronto, but his heart remains tied to Bombay where he was born into a Parsi family. The fifty-nine-year-old Canadian citizen travels regularly between his two worlds, treating disabled children in the Indian city that shaped him. His medical training took him to Vienna decades ago, yet Bombay continues to draw him back with its familiar chaos and his young patients who need his care. Twenty years have passed since Daruwalla investigated two murder victims in Goa, a grim chapter he thought he had left behind. Now the past resurfaces as he prepares to encounter the killer once again. The doctor must navigate between his comfortable Canadian life and the darker currents of his Indian heritage, where old crimes refuse to stay buried and dangerous people remember his involvement in their secrets.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, crime, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Bombay, Canada, Goa, India, Toronto, Vienna
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
744 pages · Paperback · Anthos
Content warnings: violence