To try to categorise this book would do it an injustice. It is romantic and disgusting, exciting and moving. One of those rare books that you can't put down. It is only a shame that it is out of print! May be some one will make it into a movie. A woman outlives her husband, after a life in India retiring to an English suburb. She sees glimpses of modern life and it's associated problems; drugs, theft and suicide. She turns away from her home country and returns to India to find a different life.