The Impressionist is Hari Kunzru\'s sweeping novel of India, empire and identity.
So begins Pran Nath\'s odyssey of self-discovery - a journey that will take him from the streets of Agra, via the red light district of Bombay, to the brick c.
Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed.
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.
The Impressionist is Hari Kunzru\'s sweeping novel of India, empire and identity