In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Naths odyssey of self-discovery a journey that will take him from the streets of Agra, via the red light district of Bombay, to the green lawns of England and beyond as he struggles to understand who he really is.