Impressionist, The (Winner Of Somerset Maugham Award 2003)

Description: 'Riveting stuff, beautifully written...Superb' - 'The Times'. In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out form his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery - a journey that will take him from the streets of Agra, via the red light district of Bombay, to the green lawns of England and beyond - as he struggles to understand who he really is. Review: 'Riveting stuff, beautifully written... Superb' THE TIMES Prizes: Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 2003. Winner of Betty Trask Award 2002. Shortlisted for Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2002. Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2002. Author Biography: Hari Kunzru was born in 1969 and lives in south-east London. He was an associate editor at WIRED and was named the OBSERVER Young Travel Writer of the Year in 1999. He is a contributing editor of MUTE magazine and music editor at WALLPAPER. THE IMPRESSIONIST is his first novel.