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A Son Of The Circus

byJohn Irving

'The doctor was fated to go back to Bombay; he would keep returning again and again - if not forever, at least for as long as there were dwarves in the circus.'Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer...

Language

en

Published on

09/01/1995

Pages

829

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780552996051

Who is this book for? Readers interested in complex narratives and cultural explorations.

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