The Elephanta Suite brilliantly explores the shifting stories of those who come to India in search of that elusive something - and of how they react when the country and people they encounter are altogether foreign to their expectations. Through the eyes of a middle-aged couple, a sharp-suited lawyer and a gap-year traveller, we see illusions and preconceptions unravel, and an extraordinary new India - modern , complicated, uncertain of its coming future - emerges before our eyes. 'Theroux has a sharp eye. . . reworking the old colonial themes in light of the country's rapid but uneven development. Theroux hasn't lost any of his insight or power to enthral' - Sunday Telegraph