SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PR
IZE FOR FICTION 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 From Subhash's
earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban stree
ts of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds
where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother's sig
ht. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pa
ss - as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India - their brother
ly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives.
