One Day is a twenty-four-hour journey into the lives and minds of Ben Tennyson, a middle-class English teacher; Priya Patnaik, his enigmatic, thirty-something Indian Londoner wife of eight years; and their small boy, Whacka. In the course of the day—which happens to be Whacka's third birthday—we learn about a crisis that has thrown Ben and Priya's marriage into turmoil. Ardashir Vakil paints an unforgettable picture ...
