Thusitha Jayasundera

Quan es un humilde empresario londinense cuyo pasado, largamente sepultado, estalla en una venganza feroz cuando la única persona que le queda en la vida, su hija adolescente, muere en un atentado terrorista del IRA. Su implacable búsqueda de los terroristas le lleva a un juego del gato y el ratón con un funcionario del gobierno británico, en cuyo pasado puede estar la pista de las identidades de los escurridizos asesinos.

India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.