From flap: “Krishna Fluting is a very superior kind of book, all about exotic, barefaced India, where the ancient lunar cold of the Himalayas fights a losing battle against the life force, where Peter Bruff is battered at by gods, demigods and humans, and seems to enjoy it, and comes to his proper inheritance. Everyone earns remorse, relief or triumph, or simply love, watched over by the Smiling God, whose flute-note is the call fo the Infinte. Winner of inaugural Macmillan Prize for best book.