From the winner of the Caine Prize comes the Great Zambian novel you didn't know you were waiting for. A sweeping, epoch-defining novel of three families who are plagued by a curse over the course of generations, following them from India to Italy and England until their tangled fates converge in Zambia. Exploding with colour and energy, this is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders, and a meditation on the slow, grand passage of time. A dazzling debut.