""Gustad Noble is a hard-working bank clerk and devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter Roshan falls ill in spite of the ministrations of his wife Dilnavaz, and his promising son defies Gustad's ambitions for him. One day, Gustad receives a letter from an old friend, asking Gustad to help him in what seems like a heroic mission. In his innocence, Gustad uneasily agrees, and soon finds himself over his head and alone as he is drawn deeper into a dangerous network of deception."--Container."
"Set in Bombay India in 1971, this is the story of Gustad Noble, a hard-working bank clerk and devoted family man, who gradually sees his modest life unraveling when he agrees to do a clandestine favor for an old friend and is soon drawn deeper and deeper into a dangerous network of deception."
"Set in Bombay India in 1971, this is the story of Gustad Noble, a hard-working bank clerk and devoted family man, who gradually sees his modest life unraveling when he agrees to do a clandestine favor for an old friend and is soon drawn deeper and deeper into a dangerous network of deception."@en
"Gustad Noble, an innocent bank clerk in Bombay, finds his life unravelling as his son rejects filial piety, his best friend involves him in political intrigue, and his own rationality and morality confront a world of change."@en
"A man's life falls apart when he agrees to do a favor for an old friend."

Such a long journey