At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge\'s life is changed by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai. \'Affecting and endearing.
A brilliant, bittersweet family saga and a powerful reflection of modern times, which won last year\'s Man Booker Prize, and was book of the year for a range of newspapers.
A Nepalese insurgency threatens her romance with her tutor, and the judge must revisit his past and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires.
At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge\'s life is changed by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai