CALCUTTA 1971. A city in black-out as India declares war on Parkistan.Even
so, the backpackers who end up in the flea-pit Lux Hotel are determined to
have a good time. That is, until two mysterious deaths amongst them change
their lives for ever.
Thrown together in the city are – Anand, the jazz-loving insomniac hotelier;
Gordon, one of the hotels dope-smoking guests; the philandering journalist
Hugh, covering his first war; Britt, a californian photographer with a
jealous boyfriend; and the enigmatic Freddie Braintree, who interprets life
through the lyrics of Bob Dylan and the Incredible String Band.
Is it possible that one of them is behind the deaths? And why will it take
more than three decades and three continents to find out?