Planeta 2009

Finalist for the Planeta Prize

This is the extraordinary adventure of a British man, born in India, during the times of World War II.

Masters is appointed, with no prior experience, as the chief of police of Jay Town. Sleepwalking, in love with the dancer Lalita Kadori, and owner of “Henry II,” the weapon used in a crime, he witnesses in bewilderment a sudden turn of his destiny, where his relationships seem only to work against him.

He finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that could land him in prison without ever fully understanding what has happened.

Colonizers and independence fighters take center stage in this astonishing novel, filled with intrigue and betrayal.