Shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. There's nothing more dangerous than a book no one has read. All that Patros Patranobis wants is to be left alone - to live his ordinary, unremarkable life with Rose, the woman he has not married, and Tippy, the son he has not fathered. But one day, he receives a mysterious, metal-bound book, a bequest from a long-dead ancestor. In its pages, he is told, are answers to all the world's problems. There's only one hitch: The Book of Answers is locked. Its key is hidden somewhere in Kerala. But Patros doesn't really want to make the world a better...
Shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. There's nothing more dangerous than a book no one has read. All that Patros Patranobis wants is to b...
