THE PRIZEWINNING MODERN MASTERPIECE BY THE AUTHOR OF PEREIRA MAINTAINS

'A lot of people lose their way in India . . . it's a country specially made for that.'

Amid the backstreets, brothels and faded hotels of Bombay, Madras and the old Portuguese port of Goa, a man searches for his lost friend. Xavier has been missing for a year, and the only clues to his disappearance lie with an overworked doctor, a young prostitute and the leader of a strange religious order.

Dreamlike, elusive and profoundly disquieting, Indian Nocturne calls into question the very nature of identity.

"Tabucchi . . . takes his place alongside Irene Nemirovsky, Sandor Marai and Stefan Zweig as one of the great Continental rediscoveries for English-speaking readers" - * Daily Telegraph *

"Tabucchi writes . . . with an agility of mind and an economy of narrative that pulls the reader along" - * Observer *

"Fragmented, enigmatic and hypnotising" - * Daily Mail *

"[Indian Nocturne has] an almost ethereal lightness, which is soul stirring and at the same time emotionally intuitive" - * The National *

"The joy of this book is in the journey. If you read it don't rush it; it's a book to savour" - * A Life in Books *