The 1991 Betty Trask Award winner. These nine stories feature an Indian boy who spends his school holidays at his uncle's home in Calcutta. Heatwaves, thunderstorms, mealtimes, prayer-sessions, shopping expeditions and family visits create a shifting background to the shaping of people's lives.
- ISBN10 0143419447
- ISBN13 9780143419440
- Publish Date 21 October 2012 (first published 10 June 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 August 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 260
- Language English