Táto sága sleduje protagonistu na jeho emocionálnej a geografickej ceste po celom svete. Od Indie cez Anglicko až po Afriku sa séria ponára do zložitosti identity, hľadania autenticity a nevyhnutných kompromisov, ktoré život prináša. Skúma témy ako koloniálna minulosť, intelektuálne hľadanie a krehkosť ľudských vzťahov. Ide o hlboko premyslené rozprávanie o životných voľbách a ich následkoch.
The story of Willy Chandran, who moves from India to the immigrant community of post-war London, seeking something that will set him apart. Then his wife leads him to her home, a province of Portuguese Africa, a country whose inhabitants are all living out the last days of colonialism.
Presenting a moving tale of a man searching for his life and fearing he has wasted it, this novel is also a testing study of the conflicts between the rich and the poor, and the struggles within each.