Written from Within the skin of India, The Alchemy of Desire is a novel quite unlike any other, with a power and weight of feeling one almost never encounters in contemporary literature. It celebrates the manic spirit of a country in a time of great change; and also offers, in searing, lucid prose, a deeply sensual and moving meditation on the nature of desire, history, truth and art. Set against the brilliantly drawn backdrop of India at the turn of the ...
