The Nowhere Man
Srinivas, an elderly Brahmin, has been living in a south London suburb for thirty years. After the death of his son, and later his wife, this lonely man is befriended by an Englishwoman in her sixties, whom he takes into his home.
£10.99
Author(s)
Kamala Markandaya
ISBN number
9781908446992
Price
£10.99
Publication date
07 Nov 2019

The two form a deep and abiding relationship. But the haven they have created for themselves proves to be a fragile one. Racist violence enters their world and Srinivas’s life changes irrevocably – as does his dream of England as a country of tolerance and equality.

First published in 1972, The Nowhere Man depicts a London convulsed by fear and bitterness. Truly shocking, it is as relevant today as when it was first published almost fifty years ago.

Kamala Markandaya

Kamala Markandaya

Kamala Markandaya (1924 – 2004) was born in Mysore, India. She studied history at Madras University and later worked for a small progressive magazine before moving to London in 1948 in pursuit of a career in journalism. There she began writing her novels; Nectar in a Sieve, her debut published in 1954, was an international bestseller. A contemporary of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya is now being rediscovered as an essential figure in the post-colonial canon.
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