A penniless poet and a moonlighting sex worker spend a mysterious night in a ruined mansion. She urges him to express his unsaid love. And gleaning from his life, he writes a book that irrevocably transforms the lives of all in it.

A kaleidoscopic coming-of-age story, a touching tale of love and loss, and a poignant pilgrimage novel.

The book takes you all the way from a leafy British-time hill station to murky back lanes of Bombay, and from the timeless ghats of Benares to the breathless heights of Himalayas-tracing the journey of a young man whose pursuit of happiness and success turns into a tricky search for truth and redemption.

Sarat Kasyap is a writer, designer and a media professional. He writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry.